Meteosat 5

Also called MOP 2

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General

Designation	21140 / 91015B
Launch date	2 Mar 1991
Country of origin	Europe
Mission	Meteorology
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Ariane V42

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

In Mar 2005, the data collection payload was reconfigured to take part in the new tsunami alert system. It relayed communications with buoys to NOAA which manages the pacific alert system. That service was taken over by Meteosat 7 in Dec 2006.

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 2 Mar 1991
1993	1997	0°E
May 1997	Feb 1998	9°W
Jun 1998	Apr 2007	62.9°E

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End of life

Out of service	Apr 2007
Cause	Moved to the junk orbit

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications
Payload

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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