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Meteosat 8

MSG1 - Retired 1 Jul 2022

Launched in:	2002
Out of service since:	2022
Repeat cycle:	0.01 days
Orbit height:	36000 km
Orbit type:	Geostationary
Organisation:	EUMETSAT
Launched 28 Aug 2002. Meteosat 8 was the main IODC satellite between 1 Feb 2017 (replacing Meteosat 7) and 1 Jun 2022; Retired 1 Jul 2022.

Meteosat 8 websites

Information

Eumetsat - Meteosat series
EUMETSAT
ESA - MSG overview
Eumetsat - How to access our data
Eumetsat - MSG Calibration
ESA Earth Online - Meteosat Second Generation
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere

Data ordering

EUMETSAT
EUMETSAT - Data Center info
EUMETSAT EO Portal - Data Center access

On Board Sensors

GERB (Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget)

SEVIRI (Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager)

Information

DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere
EUMETSAT
Eumetsat - How to access our data
Eumetsat - Meteosat series

Data ordering

EUMETSAT
EUMETSAT EO Portal - Data Center access

Sensor Bands

Band	Wavelength (µm)	Bandwidth (µm)	Resolution (m)	Swath width (km)	Revisit time (days)
Band VIS 0.6 (VIS)	0.56 to 0.71		3000		0.01
Band VIS 0.8 (VIS)	0.74 to 0.88		3000		0.01
Band IR 1.6 (SWIR)	1.5 to 1.78		3000		0.01
Band IR 3.9 (MWIR)	3.48 to 4.36		3000		0.01
Band WV 6.2 (TIR)	5.35 to 7.15		3000		0.01
Band WV 7.3 (TIR)	6.85 to 7.85		3000		0.01
Band IR 8.7 (TIR)	8.3 to 9.1		3000		0.01
Band IR 9.7 (TIR)	9.38 to 9.94		3000		0.01
Band IR 10.8 (TIR)	9.8 to 11.8		3000		0.01
Band IR 12.0 (TIR)	11 to 13		3000		0.01
Band IR 13.4 (TIR)	12.4 to 14.4		3000		0.01
Band HRV (VIS)	0.5 to 0.9		1000		0.01

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