Weather
METEOSAT-5 (MOP-2)
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
METEOSAT-5 (MOP-2) is a European Space Agency weather satellite, launched on March 2, 1991 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- March 2, 1991 at 11:36 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44LP →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Astra 1B & Meteosat 5
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,346 km
- Periapsis
- 36,264 km
- Inclination
- 14.66°
- Orbital period
- 1462.67 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Space Agency
- Launch mass
- 313.18 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1991-015B
- NORAD catalog №
- 21140
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Radar cross-section
- 8.9019 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational