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Satellite:
Meteosat-8
Satellite details
Space agency
EUMETSAT
, ESA
Status
Inactive
Details on Status (as
available)
HRIT and LRIT transponders failed shortly after launch, data disseminated by EUMETCast.
Operated at 3.4°W from 2004 to April 2008
In April 2008, moved to 9.5°E for Rapid Scan Service (RSS) of the European sector at 5 min intervals; RSS became operational on 13 May 2008
Moved to 3.5°E in February 2013
GERB is in safe mode.
DCS is switched-off.
GEOS&R is switched-off.
On 4 July 2016 the satellite initiated re-location to 41.5°E to contribute to the the Indian Ocean Data Coverage (IODC)
Launch
28 Aug 2002
EOL
04 Jul 2016
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-8
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-8
* 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 in use
HRIT
S-E
1695.15 MHz
2M00G1D
2000 kHz
linear
D
1000 kbps
High resolution data - not in use
LRIT
E-S
2101.5 MHz
660KG1D
660 kHz
RHCP
D
128 kbps
Selected data - not in use
LRIT
S-E
1691 MHz
660KG1D
660 kHz
linear
D
128 kbps
Selected data - not in use
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
2068.6521 MHz
1M00GXX
1000 kHz
RHCP
D
1.00 kbps
Telecommand and ranging
TM
S-E
2246.5 MHz
1M00G1D
1000 kHz
RHCP
D
3.58 kbps
Telemetry