Meteosat 4

 1989-020B

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The first EUMETSAT Meteostat Operational Programme satellite, MOP 1, was launched on 1989 Mar 6.

Meteosat 4
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1989 Mar 6	2329	Launch by Ariane 44LP	CSG
	2349	JCSAT sep
	2353	MOP sep	230 x 35970 x 7.0 (SPELDA)
1989 Mar 7	0021:00	Spinup from 5 to 78 rpm, 1312s
	0114	Spinup to 90 rpm
	0222	Slew 1
	0300	Slew 2
	0440	Slew 3
	1230	Slew 4
1989 Mar 8	0145	Slew 5
1989 Mar 8	1322:00	MAGE 1 burn
	1335:00	MAGE 1 ejected
	1430:00	Spin axis erection 1.4 kg
1989 Mar 8			1424.01 35213 x 35885 x 1.2 GEO 33.6W+3.0E
1989 Mar 11	0025:00	Acq-1 6.1m/s 1.0 kg
1989 Mar 25			1432.33 35538 x 35887 x 1.2 GEO 12.0W+0.9E
1989 Apr 3	2126:49	Acq-2 4.5m/s 0.8 kg
1989 Apr 5	0912:47	Acq-3 -1.9m/s 0.3 kg
1989 Apr 9			1435.96 35779 x 35788 x 1.2 GEO 3.6W+0.03E
1989 Apr 10	1300	Spin axis correction
	1330	Spinup
1989 Apr 19	1425	First image
1989 May 2			1435.91 35776 x 35789 x 1.1 GEO 2.7W
1989 May		Slow drift to 1W
1989 Jun 19		Transfer to Eumetsat
1989 Jul 31			1436.13 35783 x 35791 x 0.9 GEO 0.9W
1989 Oct		Problems with imager
1990 Jan 24		Placed on standby, move to 10.5W
1990 Mar 21			1436.20 35765 x 35811 x 0.6 GEO 11.2W
1990 Apr 19		Back at 1W
1990 May 2			1436.08 35783 x 35789 x 0.6 GEO 0.3W
1991 Feb 24			1436.16 35783 x 35792 x 0.3 GEO 0.3E
1991 Aug 12			1435.94 35779 x 35788 x 0.2 GEO 0.3E+0.03E
1992 Oct 3			1435.99 35778 x 35790 x 0.3 GEO 1.0E
1993 Dec 15			1436.22 35784 x 35793 x 0.1 GEO 0.2W
1994 Feb 24			1436.04 35774 x 35796 x 0.2 GEO 0.8W
1994 Mar 1?		mv out
1994 Mar 3			1436.91 35781 x 35824 x 0.2 GEO 2.5+0.2W
1994 Mar 28		mv in
1994 Mar 31			1436.09 35781 x 35791 x 0.3 GEO 8.7W
1994 Dec 22			1436.09 35779 x 35793 x 0.8 GEO 8.2W
1995 May 9			1436.07 35779 x 35793 x 1.2 GEO 7.9W
1995 May 15		mv out
1995 Jul 7		mv in	1436.10 35777 x 35796 x 1.2 GEO 9.3E
1995 Oct 5			1435.99 35769 x 35799 x 1.4 GEO 10.4E
1995 Nov 6			1436.15 35772 x 35802 x 1.5 GEO 9.8E