Weather
METEOSAT-10 (MSG-3)
OperationalWeatherGEONORAD 38552
METEOSAT-10 (MSG-3) is a EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) weather satellite, launched on July 5, 2012 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- July 5, 2012 at 09:36 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 ECA →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Echostar XVII & MSG-3
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,791 km
- Periapsis
- 35,779 km
- Inclination
- 4.66°
- Orbital period
- 1436.04 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)
- Manufacturer
- Thales Alenia Space
- Users
- Government/Civil
- Launch mass
- 2,035 kg
- Design lifetime
- 7 years
- Dimensions
- Ø3.2 × 2.4 m
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science/Meterology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2012-035B
- NORAD catalog №
- 38552
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- EUMETSAT
- Radar cross-section
- 4.3946 m²
- Status
- Operational
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