In orbitDebris

MSG 1 DEB [COOLER COVER]

NORAD: 39998
COSPAR: 2002-040E

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Spacecraft

Built by: SENER
Owner: European Meteorological Satellite Organization
Platform (bus): MSG cover
Mass at launch: 8.4 kg
Dry mass: 8.4 kg
Length: 0.1 m
Diameter: 1.55 m
Span with arrays and booms: 1.55 m
Shape: Disk

From GCAT by Jonathan McDowell (CC BY 4.0), record S39998, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Launch

Launch date: 2002-08-28
Rocket: Ariane 5G
Flight: Atl. Bird 1/MSG 1
Mission name: Atlantic Bird 1
Launch site: Centre Spatial Guyanais, ELA3
Launched by: Arianespace
Rocket performance: Success
Launch designator: 2002-040

From the GCAT launch log, launch 2002-040, checked 2026-11-05. About this source

Catalogue record

Object type: Debris
Owner code: EUME
Launch date: 2002-08-28
Period: 1423.0 min
Inclination: 12.53°
Apogee: 35,586 km
Perigee: 35,474 km
Radar cross-section: 0.003 m²

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

Where it came from

Parent object: METEOSAT-8 (MSG-1) (NORAD 27509)

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

MSG 1 DEB [COOLER COVER]

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