Weather
METEOSAT-6 (MOP-3)
NonoperationalWeatherGEO
METEOSAT-6 (MOP-3) is a EUMETSAT weather satellite, launched on November 20, 1993 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- November 20, 1993 at 01:17 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44LP →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- Solidaridad 1 & Meteosat 6
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,181 km
- Periapsis
- 36,122 km
- Inclination
- 14.48°
- Orbital period
- 1454.79 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUMETSAT
- Launch mass
- 313.18 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1993-073B
- NORAD catalog №
- 22912
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- EUMETSAT
- Radar cross-section
- 8.2595 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational