Payload
METOP-A
NonoperationalPayloadLEO
METOP-A is a EUMETSAT payload satellite, launched on October 19, 2006 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- October 19, 2006 at 04:28 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Soyuz 2.1a Fregat →
- Operator
- Russian Federal Space Agency (ROSCOSMOS)
- Mission
- METOP A
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 765 km
- Periapsis
- 519 km
- Inclination
- 98.33°
- Orbital period
- 97.56 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUMETSAT
- Launch mass
- 4,086 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2006-044A
- NORAD catalog №
- 29499
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- EUMETSAT
- Radar cross-section
- 11.2479 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational