Weather
METEOSAT-2
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
METEOSAT-2 is a European Space Agency weather satellite, launched on June 19, 1981 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 19, 1981 at 12:32 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 1 →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Meteosat 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,349 km
- Periapsis
- 36,103 km
- Inclination
- 10.28°
- Orbital period
- 1458.62 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- European Space Agency
- Launch mass
- 317.15 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1981-057A
- NORAD catalog №
- 12544
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- European Space Agency
- Radar cross-section
- 4.6259 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational