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METEOSAT 9 (MSG 2), 28912

Orbit data source: Space-Track

METEOSAT 9 (MSG 2), 28912 is a payload satellite owned by EUMETSAT (DE) in GEO that was launched on Wed, 21 Dec 2005 UTC via an ARIANE 5GS 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

28912, 2005-049B

Orbit

GEO

Last TLE update

21 hours ago

Origin

European Meteorological Satellite Organization (Unknown / EUME)

Manufacturer

Alcatel Alenia F

Mission

Operational Civil Weather

Bus & Motor

MSG, S400 X2

Mass

~2,054 kg wet, 1,000 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2005-12-21 (20 years ago)

Launch vehicle

ARIANE 5GS

Launch site

French Guiana (FRGUI)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Cyl, 1.6 m

Radar Cross Section

10.053 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 21 hours ago

0 METEOSAT 9 (MSG 2)
1 28912U 05049B   25206.20422998  .00000109  00000-0  00000-0 0  9991
2 28912   8.6128  57.2983 0000989 348.4313  16.6667  1.00275657  3733

Epoch: 2025-07-25T04:54Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-25T04:54:05.47Z)

Latitude

0.75641°

Longitude

45.67577°

Altitude

35,780.952 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

True Right ascension

04h 09m 25s

True Declination

0° 45' 20"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

-6.14568°

Longitude

-4.42065°

Altitude

35,782.512 km

Speed

3.075 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 00m 44s

Apparent Declination

-10° 30' 18"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:44:19

Azimuth

45.112° ENE

Elevation

-52.693°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

35,790.715 km

Perigee altitude

35,782.375 km

Semi-major axis

42,164.682 km

Eccentricity

0.0001

Inclination

8.6128°

RAAN

57.2983°

Arg. of periapsis

348.4313°

True anomaly

16.66995°

Mean anomaly

16.6667°

Eccentric anomaly

16.66833°

Mean motion

0.25068 °/min

Orbital period

1,436.09 mins

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Other satellites on launch #49 in the year 2005 (2005-12-21 UTC)

INSAT 4A, 28911

ARIANE 5 R/B, 28913

ARIANE 5 DEB (SYLDA), 28914

MSG 2 DEB (COOLER COVER), 29106

MSG 2 DEB (BAFFLE COVER), 29676

METEOSAT 9 (MSG 2) Visibility

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