Friday, April 16, 2004

Meteosat 5

 1991-015B


The second EUMETSAT MOP satellite, MOP 2/Meteosat 5, was launched in Mar 1991. On 1995 Dec 1, EUMETSAT took control of the spacecraft at its Darmstadt mission control center, taking over from the European Space Agency's ESOC site. In Jan 1998 Meteosat-5 was replaced by Meteosat 7 and began drifting to the Indian Ocean to participate in the Indoex program at 67E, studying cloud formation and atmospheric pollution in an international experiment.


Meteosat 5 (MOP 2) 
 

DateTimeEventOrbit  

1991 Mar 2  2336:00  Launch by Ariane 44LP  CSG ELA2 
  T+1:06 PAP sep 
  T+2:29 PAL sep 
  T+3:32 St 1 sep 
  T+3:35 St 2 MES 
 2340 T+4:33 Fairing sep 
 2341 T+5:43 St 2 sep 
 2341 T+5:46 St 3 MES 
 2353:47 T+17:47 St 3 MECO  640.93 240 x 36252 x 7.1 
 2356:11 T+20:11 Astra 1B sep 
 2358:39 T+22:39 Spelda sep 
1991 Mar 3  0000:35 T+24:35 MOP 2 sep 
1991 Mar 3  0021:00  T+45m spinup, 40 kg fuel; 682 kg total 
 0250:00  Sun angle correction 
 0345  Attitude slew 1 
 1210  Attitude slew 2 
 1434:14  Attitude slew 3 
1991 Mar 4    632.57 194 x 35869 x 7.05 
1991 Mar 4  1334:12  MAGE 1 burn 
 1339 MAGE 1 eject
 1410Spin axis erection; mass 322.1 kg 
1991 Mar 4    1424.84 35146 x 35985 x 1.2 GEO 32.1W+2.8E 
1991 Mar 5  0105:42  Drift correction 4.9m/s
1991 Mar 5  1200  Control to payload commissioning  1431.52 35413 x 35980 x 1.20 GEO 29.5W-1.1/d 
1991 Mar 7  1000   1431.65 35413 x 35985 x 1.20 GEO 27.9W-1.1/d 
1991 Mar 23    1435.66 35767 x 35788 x 1.2 GEO 4.3W 
1991 Mar 29    1435.79 35770 x 35791 x 1.2 GEO 3.9W 
1991 Apr   mv to 1W 
1991 Apr 3   Radiometer baffle cover ejected 
  Radiometer cooler cover ejected 
 1125  First image 
1991 May 1    1435.72 35771 x 35786 x 1.1 GEO 1.0W 
1991 May 24   moving to 4W 
1991 Jun 4    1436.53 35784 x 35805 x 1.0 GEO 3.9W 
1991 Oct 22    1436.08 35777 x 35795 x 0.8 GEO 4.0W 
1992 Jan 14   Ownership to EUMETSAT 
1992 Jul 12    1436.04 35777 x 35793 x 0.6 GEO 3.9W 
1992 Aug 3    1435.87 35778x 35786 x 0.2 GEO 3.6W+0.05E 
1992 Aug   Move to 1W 
1992 Sep 7    1435.75 35771 x 35788 x 0.2 GEO 0.8W 
1992 Nov 6    1436.45 35786 x 35800 x 0.1 GEO 0.8W 
1992 Nov   Move out, drift to 8W? 
1992 Nov 20    1436.33 35782 x 35799 x 0.1 GEO 3.6W+0.06W 
1993 Feb 9    1436.23 35782 x 35796 x 0.2 GEO 6.7W+0.04W 
1993 Jun 29    1436.19 35785 x 35791 x 0.2 GEO 7.3W+0.03W 
1993 Sep 3    1436.10 35781 x 35792 x 0.2 GEO 7.8W 
1993 Sep 24    1436.09 35781 x 35791 x 0.2 GEO 7.7W 
1993 Oct   Move to 0E 
1993 Oct 29    1436.02 35757 x 35812 x 0.3 GEO 0.5E 
1993 Nov 18    1436.22 35784 x 35793 x 0.3 GEO 0.3W 
1994 Apr 5    1436.05 35779 x 35792 x 0.2 GEO 1.2W 
1994 Jul 24    1436.12 35779 x 35794 x 0.3 GEO 0.1E 
1995 Jan 28    1436.24 35783 x 35794 x 0.1 GEO 1.0W 
1995 Dec 1   Control to EUMETSAT-Darmstadt 
1996 Apr 14    1436.19 35781 x 35795 x 0.4 GEO 0.2E 
1997 Mar 13    1436.84 35789 x 35814 x 1.1 GEO 1.6E 
1997 Mar 15   GEO mv out  GEO 0E 
1997 May 18   mv in  
1997 May 22    1436.07 35782 x 35780 x 1.2 GEO 9.7W 
1998 Jan 13    1436.07 35768 x 35803 x 1.7 GEO 9.2W 
1998 Jan 18   mv out  
1998 May 19   mv in  GEO  
1998 Jun 23    1436.00 35756 x 35812 x 2.0 GEO 63.4E 
1998 Jul 1   Start Indoex data 
1998 Nov 30    1435.98 35779 x 35789 x 2.3 GEO 63.3E 
1999 Jun 15    1436.04 35758 x 35812 x 2.8 GEO 62.5E 
2003 Aug 26    1436.11 35779 x 35793 x 6.1 GEO 62.8E 

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