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.
Full Name
Meteosat-7
aka Meteosat Transition Programme
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
02 Sep 1997
Mission Links
EOL Date
11 Apr 2017
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
1436 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
10.2 deg
Orbit Altitude
35779 km
Orbit Longitude
57.5 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
Meteosat Comms - Communications package for Meteosat |
| MVIRI - METEOSAT Visible and Infra-Red Imager |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | MVIRI |
| Atmospheric Winds | MVIRI |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MVIRI |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MVIRI |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | MVIRI |