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 Second Generation-3
aka MSG-3
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
05 Jul 2012
Mission Links
EOL Date
Sep 2030
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
1436 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
2.3 deg
Orbit Altitude
35779 km
Orbit Longitude
0 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
GERB - Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget |
| MSG Comms - Communications package for MSG |
| SEVIRI - Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager |
| 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 |