Designation
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Spacetrack catalog number
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29499
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COSPAR ID
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2006-044-A
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Name in Spacetrack catalog
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METOP-A
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Satellite Details
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Orbit
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526 x 787 km, 98.4°
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| Category | unknown |
| Mass | 4,093 kg |
| Intrinsic brightness (Magnitude) | 4.7 (at 1000km distance, 50% illuminated) | | Maximum brightness (Magnitude) | 1.9 (at perigee, 100% illuminated) |
Launch
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Date
(UTC)
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19 October 2006 16:28
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| Launch site | Baikonur Cosmodrome,
Kazakhstan |
| Launch vehicle | Soyuz-2-1A |
Description
| The first satellite of the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS). The EPS is Europe’s first polar orbiting operational meteorological satellite system, and it is the European contribution to the Initial Joint Polar-Orbiting Operational Satellite System (IJPS). In this joint European-US polar satellite system, EUMETSAT will have the operational responsibility for the "morning orbit" with the MetOp satellites. |
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