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Meteosat-8

retired
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Orbit: GEOLaunched 8/28/2002
Technical Specifications
Verified technical details
Dry Mass
1000 kg
Total Mass
2030 kg
Power
Unknown
Design Life
Unknown
Stakeholders

Operator

European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)

Manufacturer

European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Launch Mission

Atl. Bird 1/MSG 1

8/28/2002

Entity Mentions
All verified mentions of this entity in source documents

Meteosat-8 is the world’s longest-serving meteorological satellite in geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: Meteosat-8SourceOct 17, 2022

EUMETSAT began re-orbiting Meteosat-8 on 2022-10-06 with maneuvers to lift the spacecraft at least 247 km above geostationary orbit.

Mentioned as: Meteosat-8SourceOct 17, 2022