Meteosat 8

Also called MSG 1

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General

Designation	27509 / 02040B
Launch date	28 Aug 2002
Country of origin	Europe
Mission	Meteorology
Geostationary orbit	see below
Launch vehicle	Ariane V155

While Meteosat 8 works fine as far as its meteorological instruments are concerned, it can't be used as planned for re-broadcasting data after they have been processed on the ground. The satellite's solid state power amplifier SSPA-C failed in October 2002. Commercial telecommunications satellites are used for IP multicast propagation of data.

On 22 May 2007, the satellite was hit by a piece of micro-meteorite or space junk. The incident affected on-board envirronment as the thermal protection was damaged. Nevertheless it can still perform its backup mission.

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Location

Begin	End	Position
L: 28 Aug 2002	Jan 2004	10.5°W
Feb 2004	Apr 2008	3.4°W
May 2008	Feb 2013	9.5°E
Feb 2013	Jun 2016	4°E
Sep 2016	Sep 2022	41.5°E

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End of life

Out of service	Oct 2022
Cause	Sent to just orbit

Was expected to retire in 2025.

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications
Payload

Telemetry on 2246.49 MHz

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