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Meteosat 6
Decommissioned European weather satellite. Meteosat 6 was launched on November 20, 1993 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1993-073BNORAD 22912EUMETSAT
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Meteosat 6
- Payload designation
- MOP 3
- International designator
- 1993-073B
- NORAD catalog number
- 22912
- GCAT identifier
- S22912
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Meteosat
- Owner
- EUMETSAT
- Country
- EUMETSAT
- Builder
- Aerospatiale-Cannes
- Platform (bus)
- Meteosat
Launch
- Date
- November 20, 1993 · 01:17 UTC
- Launch record
- 1993-073Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,769 km
- Apogee
- 35,774 km
- Inclination
- 1.29°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- April 2011
- End of operations
- Apr 15, 2011
Size
- Mass
- 316 kg
- Dry mass
- 278 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 318 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 Q18327604 (CC0).