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METEOSAT-4 (MOP-1)

NORAD 19876 · Payload · In orbit since 1989

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Launched
1989-03-06 · Kourou, French Guiana
Country / operator
ESA (Europe)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Meteorology
Mass
323 kg
Size
3.2 × 2.1 m
Perigee × Apogee
36,603 × 36,792 km
Inclination
14.9°
Period
1482.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0022
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.