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METEOSAT 8 (MSG 1), 27509

Orbit data source: Space-Track

METEOSAT 8 (MSG 1), 27509 is a payload satellite owned by EUMETSAT (DE) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 28 Aug 2002 UTC via an ARIANE 5G launch vehicle from the French Guiana (FRGUI). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

27509, 2002-040B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

17 hours ago

Origin

European Meteorological Satellite Organization (DE / EUME)

Manufacturer

Alcatel/Cannes

Mission

Non-operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

MSG, S400 X2

Mass

~2,030 kg wet, 1,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2002-08-28 (23 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5G

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 3.2 m

Radar Cross Section

10.053 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 17 hours ago

0 METEOSAT 8 (MSG 1)
1 27509U 02040B   25127.15557353 -.00000089  00000-0  00000+0 0  9997
2 27509  10.4571  44.3724 0014728  62.3895 108.5996  0.97904009 82952

Epoch: 2025-05-07T03:44Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-07T03:44:01.553Z)

Latitude

1.58413°

Longitude

-65.57176°

Altitude

36,483.438 km

Speed

3.049 km/s

True Right ascension

14h 22m 43s

True Declination

1° 34' 57"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

9.15736°

Longitude

-176.14555°

Altitude

36,399.757 km

Speed

3.055 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

07h 16m 20s

Apparent Declination

4° 05' 16"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

04:49:18

Azimuth

127.506° SE

Elevation

41.199°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

36,527.813 km

Perigee altitude

36,401.615 km

Semi-major axis

42,842.851 km

Eccentricity

0.0014728

Inclination

10.4571°

RAAN

44.3724°

Arg. of periapsis

62.3895°

True anomaly

108.75946°

Mean anomaly

108.5996°

Eccentric anomaly

108.67954°

Mean motion

0.24475 °/min

BSTAR

Unknown

Orbital period

1470.88 mins

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Other satellites on launch #40 in the year 2002 (2002-08-28 UTC)

EUTE 12 WEST A (AB 1), 27508

ARIANE 5 R/B, 27510

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 27511

MSG 1 DEB (COOLER COVER), 39998

MSG 1 DEB (BAFFLE COVER), 39999

METEOSAT 8 (MSG 1) Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
1440 mins	2025-05-07 20:46:00.728Z	127.522° SE	2025-05-08 20:46:00.728Z	139.048° SSE	35.668°	2025-05-08 20:46:00.728Z	139.048° SSE

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