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Meteosat 2
Decommissioned European weather satellite. Meteosat 2 was launched on June 19, 1981 aboard a Ariane 1 from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1981-057ANORAD 12544European Space Agency
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Meteosat 2
- Payload designation
- Meteosat F2
- International designator
- 1981-057A
- NORAD catalog number
- 12544
- GCAT identifier
- S12544
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/051
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Meteosat
- Owner
- ESA
- Country
- European Space Agency
- Builder
- Aerospatiale-Cannes
- Platform (bus)
- Meteosat
Launch
- Date
- June 19, 1981 · 12:32 UTC
- Launch record
- 1981-057Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 1
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA1
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,838 km
- Apogee
- 35,969 km
- Inclination
- 1.01°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Dec 6, 1991
- End of operations
- Dec 6, 1991
Size
- Mass
- 322 kg
- Dry mass
- 282 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 324 kg
- Length
- 3.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 3.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327608 (CC0).