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Meteosat-11

Meteosat-11 (also designated MSG-4, the fourth and final Meteosat Second Generation satellite) is operated by EUMETSAT and was launched on 15 July 2015 into geostationary orbit. The satellite carries the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) and the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument. As of late 2024, Meteosat-11 operates in backup and rapid-scan service from 9.5 degrees East. The mission supports weather nowcasting, atmospheric motion vector derivation, Earth radiation budget monitoring, thermal anomaly detection for wildfire monitoring, and atmospheric wind retrieval over Europe, Africa, the Atlantic Ocean, and adjacent seas. ^[1]^[2]^[3]

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current status	Operational
operator	EUMETSAT
launch vehicle	Arianespace Ariane 5
Launched	2015-07-15
orbit type	Geostationary orbit, 35786 km; 9.5 E full-disk backup and rapid-scan service
swath km	18000
revisit days	0.0035
tasking supported	No
current geographic priority	Europe, North Africa, Africa, Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas from MSG geostationary service coverage

Supply chain position

carries instrument Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

carries instrument Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget

operated by EUMETSAT

launched on Arianespace Ariane 5

related to Weather nowcasting

related to Atmospheric Wind Observation

related to Earth radiation budget

related to Wildfire

Sea-surface temperature retrieval → demonstrated Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

Atmospheric motion vectors (AMV) → demonstrated Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

Thermal anomaly detection → demonstrated Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

Land-surface temperature - emissivity retrieval → demonstrated Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

Vegetation index mapping → demonstrated Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

Multispectral optical imaging → demonstrated Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

Thermal infrared imaging → demonstrated Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

Broadband radiometry → demonstrated Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget

Sources

[1]WMO OSCAR satellite record: Meteosat-11agency doc2026-06-14
[2]EUMETSAT Meteosat seriesagency doc2026-06-14
[3]MSG-4 ready for operations as Meteosat-11, EUMETSAToperator press2026-06-14

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:meteosat-11,
  title = {Meteosat-11},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/meteosat-11}
}