Meteosat 6

 1993-073B

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MOP 3, EUMETSAT's third Meteosat Operational Programme satellite, was named Meteosat 6 on orbit. The satellite, built by Aerospatiale, had a mass of 682 kg at liftoff and 316 kg after ejection of the Mage 1 apogee motor. It is 2.1m in diameter and 3.2m high.

Meteosat 6
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1993 Nov 20	0117:00	Launch by Ariane 44LP	CSG
	0120	Stage 2 burn
	0126	Stage 3 burn
	0135	Stage 3 MECO
	0137?	Solidaridad sep
	0140?	SPELDA
	0141?	Meteosat sep
	0222:00	Spinup
	0647	slew1
	1400	slew2
1993 Nov 21	0420	slew 3
1993 Nov 21	1355:28	Mage 1 burn T+36h 30s dV = 1.521 km/s
	1401:00	Mage 1 ejected ABM+6min
	1455:28	Spin axis erection
	1523:57	Sae-2
1993 Nov 21	1500		1428.07 35571 x 35687 x 1.3 GEO 19.5W
1993 Nov 22	1049:25	1.5m/s drift corr
	2244:28	2.9m/s drift corr
1993 Nov 23		Transfer to MOCC from MOD
1993 Nov 28?		Radiometer cover off
1993 Nov 29	1325	First images
1993 Nov 30			1435.02 35760 x 35770 x 1.3 GEO 15.5W+0.2E
1993 Dec 19			1435.34 35769 x 35774 x 1.3 GEO 11.0W+0.2E
1993 Dec 29		mv in	1436.08 35771 x 35801 x 1.3 GEO 10.1W+0.0W
1994 Feb		Transfer to EUMETSAT
1994 May 14			1436.08 35779 x 35793 x 1.0 GEO 10.0W
1995 Apr 12			1436.10 35784 x 35788 x 0.3 GEO 9.9W
1997 Jan 26		mv out	GEO 10W
1997 Mar 8		Mv in	GEO 0E
1997 Jun 15			1436.05 35780 x 35791 x 0.2 GEO 0.2W
1998 Jun 16			1436.06 35782 x 35789 x 0.2 GEO 0.0W
1998 Jun 25		mv out	1438.38 35829 x 35833 x 0.2 GEO 5.0W+0.6W
1998 Jul 1			GEO 9W
1998 Jul 24			1436.07 35781 x 35790 x 0.3 GEO 8.9W
1999 Sep 2			1436.10 35778 x 35795 x 0.9 GEO 9.0W
2002 Sep 25		mv out
2002 Nov		Arrive 9E
2006 May 8			1436.14 35774 x 35800 x 5.6 GEO 9.4E
2006 Jul 31			1435.98 35781 x 35787 x 5.8 GEO 9.8E
2007 Jan 20		At GEO 9.8E
2007 Jan 24		Move out	1435.139 35759 x 35776 x 6.25
2007 May 3		Move in at 67E
2007 May 3			1436.07 35785 x 35786 x 6.5 GEO 67.3E
2010 Apr 23			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 9.1 GEO 67.3E