Payload
METOP-C
OperationalPayloadLEO
METOP-C is a ESA/EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meterological Satellites) payload satellite, launched on November 7, 2018 into LEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 7, 2018 at 12:47 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Soyuz STB Fregat-MT →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- MetOp-C
- Launch record
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Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 821 km
- Periapsis
- 819 km
- Inclination
- 98.66°
- Orbital period
- 101.3 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- ESA/EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meterological Satellites)
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defence and Space
- Users
- Government/Civil
- Launch mass
- 4,086 kg
- Design lifetime
- 5 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science/Meterology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2018-087A
- NORAD catalog №
- 43689
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- EUMETSAT
- Status
- Operational