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Record 1 2009-09-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Spacecraft
OBS

Operational geostationary Meteosat satellites followed 3 pre-operational versions (Meteosat-1,-2,-3/P2).

Key term(s)
  • preoperational satellite

French

Domaine(s)
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Le programme Météosat [...], projet français à l'origine, fut «européanisé» en 1972 et vit ses premiers succès avec le lancement de Météosat-1 le 23 novembre 1977 et de Météosat-2 par Ariane (pour son troisième vol d'essai) le 19 juin 1981. Le 15 juin 1988, pour le premier vol d'une fusée Ariane 4, fut mis en orbite le troisième satellite «préopérationnel», Météosat-3 (ex-Météosat-P2).

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