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Meteosat 5
Decommissioned European weather satellite. Meteosat 5 was launched on March 2, 1991 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1991-015BNORAD 21140EUMETSAT
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Meteosat 5
- Payload designation
- MOP 2
- International designator
- 1991-015B
- NORAD catalog number
- 21140
- GCAT identifier
- S21140
- 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 2, 1991 · 23:36 UTC
- Launch record
- 1991-015Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,771 km
- Apogee
- 35,788 km
- Inclination
- 1.15°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Apr 15, 2007
- End of operations
- Apr 15, 2007
Size
- Mass
- 341 kg
- Dry mass
- 284 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 343 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 Q18327605 (CC0).