Name of Satellite, Alternate Names |
Meteosat 9 (MSGalaxy-2, MSG 2) |
Country of Operator/Owner |
Multinational |
Operator/Owner |
EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) |
Users |
Government/Civil |
Purpose |
Earth Science/Meteorology |
Class of Orbit |
GEO |
Type of Orbit |
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Longitude of GEO (degrees) |
-0.02 |
Perigee (km) |
35775 |
Apogee (km) |
35795 |
Eccentricity |
0.000237219784129996 |
Inclination (degrees) |
0.29 |
Period (minutes) |
1436 |
Launch Mass (kg.) |
2000 |
Dry Mass (kg.) |
1000 |
Power (watts) |
700 |
Date of Launch |
21-12-2005 |
Expected Lifetime |
12 yrs. |
Contractor |
Alcatel/Alenia Space |
Country of Contractor |
France/Italy |
Launch Site |
Guiana Space Center |
Launch Vehicle |
Ariane 5G |
COSPAR Number |
2005-049B |
NORAD Number |
28912 |
Comments |
Meteorological spacecraft; intended primarily to support the National Meteorologicla Services (NMS) of Member States; planned system of 3 satellites. |