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Meteosat

retired
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Orbit: GEOLaunched 11/23/1977
Technical Specifications
Verified technical details
Dry Mass
292 kg
Total Mass
350 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

European Space Agency (ESA)

Manufacturer

European Space Agency (ESA)
Launch Mission

Meteosat 1

11/23/1977

Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

Europe’s Meteosat geostationary satellites return images every 15 minutes over the full Earth and every five minutes over Europe.

Mentioned as: MeteosatSourceMar 10, 2021

Europe’s Meteosat geostationary satellites are positioned 36,0 m above the equator.

Mentioned as: MeteosatSourceMar 10, 2021

Subject to a follow-up decision, the AWS constellation would be implemented with EUMETSAT according to the cooperation model established with Meteosat and MetOp satellites.

Mentioned as: MeteosatSourceMay 6, 2021

Geostationary orbit (GEO) hosts Europe’s Meteosat weather satellites and most satellites used for telecommunications.

Mentioned as: MeteosatSourceJul 17, 2023

Meteosat satellites operate in geostationary orbit at approximately 36,0 m above the equator.

Mentioned as: MeteosatSourceOct 22, 2024

Meteosat satellites operate in geostationary orbit at approximately 36,000 km above the equator.

Mentioned as: MeteosatSourceFeb 4, 2026

GMV was awarded a contract by EUMETSAT to provide Operational Optical Data Services to support flight dynamics operations of the Meteosat (MSG and MTG) satellite fleet in geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: MeteosatSourceFeb 8, 2022