Geostationary
METEOSAT-11 (MSG-4)
Geostationary Weather · EUMETSAT / ESA
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The last MSG series satellite and Europe's primary geostationary weather backbone. Its Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager generates the cloud images on every European TV weather broadcast. Being repositioned to Indian Ocean coverage as the next-generation MTG satellites take over the primary European slot.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,240–22,243 mi (35,792–35,796 km)
- Inclination
- 3.4°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 40732
- Int’l designator
- 2015-034A
- Launched
- 2015
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.
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