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MetOp-C
European meteorology satellite. MetOp-C was launched on November 7, 2018 aboard a Soyuz-ST-B from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2018-087ANORAD 43689EUMETSAT
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- METOP C
- Common name
- MetOp-C
- International designator
- 2018-087A
- NORAD catalog number
- 43689
- GCAT identifier
- S43689
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/870
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- METOP
- Owner
- EUMETSAT
- Country
- EUMETSAT
- Builder
- Airbus Defense and Space, Bremen
- Platform (bus)
- Metop
Launch
- Date
- November 7, 2018 · 00:47 UTC
- Launch record
- 2018-087Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-ST-B
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELS
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/S
- Perigee
- 806 km
- Apogee
- 807 km
- Inclination
- 98.74°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
Size
- Mass
- 4,086 kg
- Dry mass
- 3,769 kg
- Length
- 6.3 m
- Diameter
- 3.40 m
- Span
- 17.6 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q106763098 (CC0).