In orbitRocket body

METEOSAT-7 AKM

NORAD: 25353
COSPAR: 1997-049E

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Spacecraft

Built by: SNECMA Space Motors
Owner: European Meteorological Satellite Organization
Platform (bus): Mage
Mass at launch: 366 kg
Dry mass: 71 kg
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 S25353, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 1997-09-02
Rocket: Ariane 44LP 44LP-3
Flight: Hot Bird 3/MTP
Mission name: Eutelsat HB3
Launch site: Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA2
Launched by: Arianespace
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 1997-049

From the GCAT launch log, launch 1997-049, checked 2026-11-06. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Rocket body
Owner code: ESA
Launch date: 1997-09-02
Period: 1430.7 min
Inclination: 14.19°
Apogee: 35,994 km
Perigee: 35,367 km
Radar cross-section: 1 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: METEOSAT-7 (NORAD 24932)

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, 1 still in orbit