| 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. |