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Meteosat-11
Compiled from public sources on 2026-06-14. Not independently verified by EUMETSAT.
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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]
All fields
| 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 | false |
| current geographic priority | Europe, North Africa, Africa, Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas from MSG geostationary service coverage |
| Last updated | 2026-06-14 |
| claim status | agency-sourced |
Compositional position
- [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