Meteosat 5

ESA

Spacecraft nº:

ESA spacecraft nº: 31

Also called MOP 2 (Meteosat Operational Programme

Launch data:

Designation 21140 / 91015B
Launch date 02 Mar 1991
Launch siteKo, ELA-2
Launch vehicle Ariane-44LP (V42)
MissionMeteorology
Geostationary orbit on:
Perigee / Apogee  km
Eccentricity 
Inclination  deg
Period  min

Specifications

Prime contractor Aerospatiale
OperatorESA-->EUMETSAT
Mass at launch 681 kg
Mass in orbit 316 kg
Diameter 2.1 m
Height 3.1 m
Stabilization Spin stabilized (100 rpm)
DC power BOL: 387 W
EOL: 225 W
Design lifetime 5 years

Location

Begin End Position
L: 2 Mar 1991    
1993 1997 0°E
May 1997 Feb 1998 9°W
Jun 1998   63.5°E

Moved to 65°E to take part in the INDOEX experiment (interaction between clouds and pollution)

Payloads:


Multispectral Radiometer


Wavebands 0.4-1.1 µm (visible)
5.7-7.1 µm (IR): water vapor absorption
10.5-12.5 µm (thermal IR)
Resolution visible: 2.5 km
others: 5 km
Image repeat frequency 30 minutes (3 bands)
Telemetry - Data UHF- and S-band (1 transponder per band)
Data rate 333 kbps (normal), 2.7 Mbps (burst)

MMD (Meteorological Data Dissemination)

Channel frequencies digital high resolution (HR): 1694.5 MHz
analogue weather facsimile (WEFAX): 1691 MHz
MDD (A & B) 1695.77 +/- 0.165 MHz

Downlink frequency: 137.08 MHz, 1691 & 1694.5 MHz + in S-band
Heard on 1675.281, 1675.18 1686.833, 1691, 1695.77 MHz

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