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METEOSAT-11 (MSG-4)

NORAD 40732· COSPAR 2015-034A· Active satellite· Communications· GEO
Launch
Launched on Jul 15, 2015 from Ariane Launch Area 3, French Guiana aboard a Ariane 5 ECA.
Ariane 5 ECA | Star One C4 & MSG 4
METEOSAT-11 (MSG-4)
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Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 07:18 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
EUMETSAT
Country
EUMETSAT
Manufacturer
Alcatel Space
Launched
Jul 15, 2015
Mass
Apogee
35,798 km
Perigee
35,792 km
Inclination
3.40°
Period
23.94 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for METEOSAT-11 (MSG-4) across 103 days of archived orbital elements (105 element sets, one per day).

Trend
Stable
Change
+0.9 km
Rate
+0.01 km/day
Now
35792 × 35798 km
357963580735785May 28Sep 9
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.

Launched with

One other catalogued object still in orbit from launch 2015-034 (Ariane 5 ECA | Star One C4 & MSG 4).

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