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Meteosat 3
Decommissioned European weather satellite. Meteosat 3 was launched on June 15, 1988 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1988-051ANORAD 19215EUMETSAT
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Meteosat 3
- Payload designation
- Meteosat P2
- International designator
- 1988-051A
- NORAD catalog number
- 19215
- GCAT identifier
- S19215
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/187
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Meteosat
- Owner
- EUMETSAT
- Country
- EUMETSAT
- Builder
- Aerospatiale-Cannes
- Platform (bus)
- Meteosat
Launch
- Date
- June 15, 1988 · 11:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 1988-051Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,722 km
- Apogee
- 35,796 km
- Inclination
- 1.50°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Nov 22, 1995
- End of operations
- Nov 22, 1995
Size
- Mass
- 322 kg
- Dry mass
- 282 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 683 kg
- Length
- 3.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 3.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327607 (CC0).