METEOSAT-9 (MSG-2)
Launch
Launched on Dec 21, 2005 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 GS.
Ariane 5 GS | INSAT-4A, Meteosat 9 →
Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 02:20 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
EUMETSAT
Country
EUMETSAT
Manufacturer
Alcatel Space
Launched
Dec 21, 2005
Mass
—
Apogee
35,802 km
Perigee
35,788 km
Inclination
9.55°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for METEOSAT-9 (MSG-2) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+1.3 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35788 × 35802 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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