Meteosat 2

decommissioned European weather satellite
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Meteosat 2

Summary

Meteosat 2 is a Meteosat First Generation[1].

Key Facts

  • Meteosat 2's image is recorded as EUMETSAT Meteosat model.jpg[2].
  • Meteosat 2's instance of is recorded as Meteosat First Generation[3].
  • Meteosat 2's operator is recorded as European Space Agency[4].
  • Meteosat 2's follows is recorded as Meteosat 1[5].
  • Meteosat 2's followed by is recorded as Meteosat 3[6].
  • Meteosat 2's manufacturer is recorded as Aérospatiale[7].
  • Meteosat 2's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1981-057A[8].
  • Meteosat 2's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 1[9].
  • Meteosat 2's SCN is recorded as 12544[10].
  • Meteosat 2's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[11].
  • Meteosat 2's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1981-06-19T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Meteosat 2's service entry is recorded as +1981-08-16T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Meteosat 2's service retirement is recorded as +1988-08-11T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Meteosat 2's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[15].
  • Meteosat 2's significant event is recorded as service entry[16].
  • Meteosat 2's significant event is recorded as service retirement[17].
  • Meteosat 2's start point is recorded as ELA-1[18].
  • Meteosat 2's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b6ctkvyl[19].
  • Meteosat 2's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "12544"][20].
  • Meteosat 2's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1981-057A[21].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . eumetsat.int. eumetsat.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . eumetsat.int. eumetsat.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . eumetsat.int. eumetsat.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . eumetsat.int. eumetsat.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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