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Meteosat 4
Decommissioned European weather satellite. Meteosat 4 was launched on March 6, 1989 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1989-020BNORAD 19876EUMETSAT
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Meteosat 4
- Payload designation
- MOP 1
- International designator
- 1989-020B
- NORAD catalog number
- 19876
- GCAT identifier
- S19876
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/266
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Meteosat
- Owner
- EUMETSAT
- Country
- EUMETSAT
- Builder
- Aerospatiale-Cannes
- Platform (bus)
- Meteosat
Launch
- Date
- March 6, 1989 · 23:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1989-020Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,779 km
- Apogee
- 35,788 km
- Inclination
- 1.15°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Nov 8, 1995
- End of operations
- Nov 8, 1995
Size
- Mass
- 323 kg
- Dry mass
- 281 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 325 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 Q18327606 (CC0).