Geostationary
METEOSAT-9 (MSG-2)
Geostationary Weather · EUMETSAT / ESA
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Europe's geostationary weather sentinel parked 22,000 miles above the equator with an unblinking view of Europe, Africa, and the Atlantic. It images the full Earth disc every 15 minutes in 12 spectral channels, feeding models that protect lives across three continents. The data reaches meteorologists in 24 countries before most people finish their morning coffee.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,236–22,245 mi (35,786–35,800 km)
- Inclination
- 9.6°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 28912
- Int’l designator
- 2005-049B
- Launched
- 2005
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.