MSG-2 Facts and Figures
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Launch |
21 December 2005 from Kourou, French Guiana |
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Launcher |
Ariane 5 Generic |
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Launch mass |
2035 Kg |
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Dimensions |
2.4 m high,
3.2 m diameter |
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Life time |
7 years station-keeping |
| Characteristics | 600 W power demand;
Bi-Propellant propulsion system | | Orbit | Geostationary;
altitude approximately 35 800 km | | Inclination | 0 degrees | | Time for one orbit | 24 hours | | Cycle | Not applicable | | Number of instruments | 4 including Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager and Search and Rescue Transponder | | Costs | Total program including launchers, ground segment and operation of the satellites over 12 years: | | | 1.3 billion Euro financed by EUMETSAT | | | Development and building the MSG-1 satellite cost 475 million Euro: | | | financed for 2/3 by ESA and for 1/3 by EUMETSAT |
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MSG advantages
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Image resolution |
Improved horizontal image resolution for the visible light spectral channel (1 km as opposed to 2.5 km on the current Meteosat) |
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Data transmission |
All-digital transmission of MSG data; the data transmission is almost 20 times faster (up to 3,2 Mbps) than on current Meteosat |
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Life time |
Nominal life in orbit of seven years (two more years than Meteosat) |
Main contributors
Prime contractor Alcatel Space Industries, Cannes, France
SEVIRI: Astrium SAS
Meteorological Communications Payload: Alenia Spazio
Plattform: Astrium GmbH
GERB: Rutherford Appleton Laboratories
Last update: 28 November 2005
| | | • | ESA Launchers (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Launchers_Home/index.html) | | | • | Europe's Spaceport (http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Launchers_Europe_s_Spaceport/index.html) | |
Related links
| | • | EUMETSAT (http://www.eumetsat.int) | | | • | Alcatel (http://www.alcatel.com/) | | | • | Astrium - SEVIRI (http://www.space.eads.net/families/daily-life-benefits/remote-sensing/msg) | | | • | Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (GERB) (http://www.ssd.rl.ac.uk/gerb) | | | • | (http://www.cospas-sarsat.org) | |
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