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Meteosat 8
Decommissioned European weather satellite. Meteosat 8 was launched on August 28, 2002 aboard a Ariane 5G from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2002-040BNORAD 27509EUMETSAT
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Meteosat 8
- Payload designation
- MSG 1
- International designator
- 2002-040B
- NORAD catalog number
- 27509
- GCAT identifier
- S27509
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/415
Mission
- Mission type
- Meteorology
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Meteosat
- Owner
- EUMETSAT
- Country
- EUMETSAT
- Builder
- Alcatel Space, Centre spatiale de Cannes-Mandelieu
- Platform (bus)
- MSG
Launch
- Date
- August 28, 2002 · 22:45 UTC
- Launch record
- 2002-040Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 5G
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA3
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,775 km
- Apogee
- 35,798 km
- Inclination
- 1.21°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Oct 18, 2022
- End of operations
- Oct 18, 2022
Size
- Mass
- 2,010 kg
- Dry mass
- 1,000 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 2,030 kg
- Length
- 2.4 m
- Diameter
- 3.20 m
- Span
- 3.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q6823492 (CC0).