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Meteosat 5

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Earth ObservationGEOCOSPAR 1991-015BLaunched 3/2/1991

Mission & Launch

Launch Mission: Astra 1B/Meteosat 5
Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44LP 44LP
Launch Date: 3/2/1991
Last Contact: 4/15/2007

Orbit & Mass

Orbit Class: GEO
Altitude: 35,779.5 km
Inclination: 1.15 deg
Dry Mass: 284 kg
Total Mass: 343 kg

Payload Classification

Mission Type: Earth Observation
Payload Category: MET
Payload Class: C

Organizations

Operator: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Manufacturer: Airbus

Constellation

Name: Meteosat operational fleet
Active Satellites: 5

Registry

COSPAR ID: 1991-015B
UN Registration: ST/SG/SER.E/266

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Meteosat 5, Meteosat 6, and Meteosat 7 provided 20 years of uninterrupted observations over the Indian Ocean.

CapabilityValue 3.5Apr 26, 2018New concerns about U.S. Central Command’s access to weather satellite data