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Satellite:
Meteosat-11
Satellite details
Acronym
Meteosat-11
Full name
Meteosat-11
Satellite Description
4th (last) flight unit of the Meteosat Second Generation programme.
Main mission: operational meteorology.
Substantial contribution to climatology.
Mass at launch
2040 kg
Dry mass
1070 kg
Power
600 W
Data access link
https://navigator.eumetsat.int/search?query=meteosat-11%20level-1&s=s
Data access information
Near-real time availability of full set of data and products (SEVIRI, GERB, DCS and MDD) by EUMETCast
Alert messages of GEOS&R to LUT in real time
Orbit
Geostationary orbit
Altitude
35786 km
Longitude
0°
Space agency
EUMETSAT
, ESA
Status
Operational
Details on Status (as
available)
Commissioning completed on 16 December 2015.
In storage until end 2017, then moved to the operational position.
Launch
15 Jul 2015
EOL
≥2033
Last update:
2021-03-11
Associated satellite programme and related satellites
Note: red tag: no longer operational , green tag: operational ,
blue tag : future
Satellite Payload
All known Instruments flying on
Meteosat-11
Acronym
Full name
DCS
Data Collection Service
GEOS&R
Geostationary Search and Rescue
GERB
Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget
SEVIRI
Spinning Enhanced Visible Infra-Red Imager
Show instrument status and calibration
Satellite Field of View
Estimate of the satellite's footprint, assuming a zenith angle of 75
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Satellite payload
All known instruments flying on
Meteosat-11
* The information in this field is estimated or assumed
Telecommunication frequency or microwave sensing channel information Show expert details
Service
Dir or Mode
Frequency
Emission designator
Bandwidth
Polarisation
D/A
Data rate or Baseband
Comments
PGS
S-E
1686.83 MHz
6M00G1D
5400 kHz
linear
D
3270 kbps
Raw data
HRIT
E-S
2105.65 MHz
2M00G1D
2000 kHz
RHCP
D
1000 kbps
High resolution data - not planned to be used
HRIT
S-E
1695.15 MHz
2M00G1D
2000 kHz
linear
D
1000 kbps
High resolution data - not planned to be used
LRIT
E-S
2101.5 MHz
660KG1D
660 kHz
RHCP
D
128 kbps
Selected data
LRIT
S-E
1691 MHz
660KG1D
660 kHz
linear
D
128 kbps
Selected data
DCS
E-S
402 - 402.1 MHz
3K00G7D
3 kHz
RHCP
D
0.100 kbps
International DCP reports, 33 channels
DCS
E-S
402.1 - 402.44 MHz
1K50G7D
1.5 kHz
RHCP
D
0.100 kbps
Regional DCP reports, 223 channels
DCS
S-E
1675.281 MHz
750KGXX
750 kHz
linear
D
0.100 kbps
DCP report relay
GEOS & R
E-S
406.05 MHz
60KG1D
100 kHz
linear
D
2.4 kbps
Distress messages - beacon bandwidth: 3 kHz
GEOS & R
S-E
1544.5 MHz
60KG1D
200 kHz
linear
D
2.4 kbps
Distress messages to LUT
TC & Ranging
E-S
2070.4938 MHz
1M00GXX
1000 kHz
RHCP
D
1.00 kbps
Telecommand and ranging
TM
S-E
2248.5 MHz
1M00G1D
1000 kHz
RHCP
D
3.58 kbps
Telemetry