In orbitRocket body

METEOSAT-6 AKM

NORAD: 23118
COSPAR: 1993-073E

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Spacecraft

Built by: Soci\'et\'e Europ\'eene de Propulsion (Vernon)
Owner: European Space Agency
Platform (bus): Mage
Mass at launch: 364 kg
Dry mass: 71 kg(estimate, good to about 20%)
Length: 0.9 m
Diameter: 0.8 m
Span with arrays and booms: 0.9 m
Shape: Cyl

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S23118, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1993-11-20
Rocket: Ariane 44LP 44LP+
Flight: Solid. 1/Meteosat 6
Mission name: Solidaridad 1
Launch site: Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA2
Launched by: Arianespace
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1993-073

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1993-073, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: ESA
Launch date: 1993-11-20
Period: 1440.3 min
Inclination: 14.14°
Apogee: 36,140 km
Perigee: 35,598 km
Radar cross-section: 0.6309 m²

From CelesTrak SATCAT, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Where it came from

Parent object: METEOSAT-6 (MOP-3) (NORAD 22912)

The object this one was attached to at launch, or broke off from, as GCAT records it.

Everything from this launch

Debris1 in total, 0 still in orbit
Payload2 in total, 2 still in orbit
Rocket body2 in total, 2 still in orbit