Satellite
Meteosat-11
Europe’s geostationary weather satellite over Africa and the Atlantic, 36,000 km above the equator: the source of the cloud images in European TV forecasts.
- Catalogue name
- METEOSAT-11 (MSG-4)
- NORAD ID
- 40732
- Owner
- EUMETSAT
- Launched
- July 15, 2015
- Altitude (perigee – apogee)
- 35,790 – 35,800 km
- Orbital period
- 1,436.2 min
- Inclination
- 3.5°