Meteosat-8 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology, climatology, atmospheric dynamics/water and energy cycles. Meteosat 1-7 are first generation. Meteosat 8-11 are second generation and known as MSG in the development phase. Meteosat-8's original deployment at 0 degrees ended in July 2016. It is now deployed at 41.5 degrees east in support of the Indian Ocean Data Coverage (IODC) service, and from 1 July 2022 it will only be on standby at that location.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Meteosat Second Generation-1
aka MSG-1
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
28 Aug 2002
Mission Links
EOL Date
30 Nov 2022
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Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
1436 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
8.1 deg
Orbit Altitude
35779 km
Orbit Longitude
41.5 deg
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

GERB - Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget
MSG Comms - Communications package for MSG
SEVIRI - Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields SEVIRI
Atmospheric Winds SEVIRI
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature SEVIRI
Liquid water and precipitation rate SEVIRI
Ozone SEVIRI
Radiation budget GERB, SEVIRI
Atmospheric Temperature Fields SEVIRI
LandVegetation SEVIRI
Surface temperature (land) SEVIRI
OceanSurface temperature (ocean) SEVIRI

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