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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Meteosat-9
-
Full Name
Meteosat Second Generation-2
aka MSG-2
Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
EUMETSAT
,
ESA
Launch Date
22 Dec 2005
Mission Links
mission site
|
data access portal
EOL Date
Jan 2025
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
28912
(
TLE
)
International Designator
2005-049B
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
1436 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
6 deg
Orbit Altitude
35779 km
Orbit Longitude
45.5 deg
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
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.
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Atmospheric 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
Land
Vegetation
SEVIRI
Surface temperature (land)
SEVIRI
Ocean
Surface temperature (ocean)
SEVIRI
Mission Instruments
GERB - Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget
MSG Comms - Communications package for MSG
SEVIRI - Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager
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