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NORAD 28912

METEOSAT 9 (MSG 2)

📡 Radar viewIn orbit
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Its orbit in 3D

Goes round Earth once every 23.9 hours, on an orbit tilted 9.7° from the equator, between 35,788 and 35,798 km up. Earth is drawn to scale.

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About METEOSAT 9 (MSG 2)

METEOSAT 9 (MSG 2) is a satellite from EUME, launched on Dec 21, 2005 from French Guiana.

It sits in geostationary orbit about 35,800 km above the equator near 46°E, turning with Earth so it stays over the same spot.

The map shows where it is right now; the pass list tells you when it next comes over your location.

Meteosat 9 · European weather satellite

Operated by
EUMETSAT
Built by
Alcatel Space

Names and facts: Wikidata (CC0).

Orbit height over the past year

Over the last 24 days its lowest point went from 35,778 km to 35,782 km. Sudden rises are engine burns that lift the orbit; slow declines are drag from the thin upper atmosphere.

Lowest point (perigee)Highest point (apogee)
35,78035,78535,79035,795Nov 26

From Space-Track element sets, one point a day.