Satellite Meteosat 9 (MSGalaxy-2, MSG 2) of EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)

Name of Satellite, Alternate Names Meteosat 9 (MSGalaxy-2, MSG 2)
Country of Operator/Owner Multinational
Operator/Owner EUMETSAT (European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites)
Users Government/Civil
Purpose Earth Science/Meteorology
Class of Orbit GEO
Type of Orbit
Longitude of GEO (degrees) -0.02
Perigee (km) 35775
Apogee (km) 35795
Eccentricity 0.000237219784129996
Inclination (degrees) 0.29
Period (minutes) 1436
Launch Mass (kg.) 2000
Dry Mass (kg.) 1000
Power (watts) 700
Date of Launch 21-12-2005
Expected Lifetime 12 yrs.
Contractor Alcatel/Alenia Space
Country of Contractor France/Italy
Launch Site Guiana Space Center
Launch Vehicle Ariane 5G
COSPAR Number 2005-049B
NORAD Number 28912
Comments Meteorological spacecraft; intended primarily to support the National Meteorologicla Services (NMS) of Member States; planned system of 3 satellites.

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