Meteosat 6

Also called MOP 3

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General

Designation	22912 / 93073B
Launch date	20 Nov 1993
Country of origin	Europe
Mission	Meteorology
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Ariane V61

The radiometer didn't work in IR band thus temperature couldn't be measured. The problem could be solved in April 1995 after a software was developed to correct the data.

Cost: $67.5 million

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 20 Nov 1993	Jan 1996	10°W
Feb 1996	Jun 1998	0°
Jul 1998	Sep 2002	9°W
Oct 2002	Jan 2007	9°E (standby)
May 2007	Apr 2011	67°E

Record holder of the longest operating Meteosat satellites.

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End of life

Out of service	15 Apr 2011
Cause	moved to the junk orbit

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Technical data

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Specifications
Payload

Downlink frequency: 137.08 MHz, 1691 & 1694.5 MHz
Equipped with 1 S-band transponder. Data rate: 2.6 Mbps

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