METEOSAT-8

Launch Details
Launched 27 August 2002
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
NORAD ID 27509
COSPAR ID 2002-040B
Alternative names MSG-1
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 10.558°
Eccentricity 0.00150
RA ascending node 2.933 hr
Argument perigee 66.986°
Mean anomaly 180.063°
Orbital period 1470.827 min
Epoch of osculation 28 Jun 2025, 11:04

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 36406.6 km
Mean Altitude 36470.8 km
Peak Altitude 36535.0 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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