Weather
METEOSAT-9 (MSG-2)
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METEOSAT-9 (MSG-2) is a EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) weather satellite, launched on December 21, 2005 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 21, 2005 at 10:33 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 5 GS →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- INSAT-4A, Meteosat 9
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,794 km
- Periapsis
- 35,780 km
- Inclination
- 9.35°
- Orbital period
- 1436.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)
- Manufacturer
- Alcatel Alenia Space
- Users
- Government/Civil
- Launch mass
- 2,054 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,000 kg
- Power
- 700 W
- Design lifetime
- 12 years
- Detailed purpose
- Earth Science/Meterology
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2005-049B
- NORAD catalog №
- 28912
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- EUMETSAT
- Radar cross-section
- 2.0767 m²
- Status
- Operational