# Meteosat-11
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: eumetsat
- **actual launch**: 2015-07-15
- **current status**: operational
- **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
- **launch vehicle**: arianespace-ariane-5
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-14
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: eumetsat
- **attributes**: {"operator":"eumetsat","actual_launch":"2015-07-15","current_status":"operational","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","launch_vehicle":"arianespace-ariane-5"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
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. [^wmo-meteosat-11][^eumetsat-meteosat-series][^eumetsat-msg4-commissioning]

## Compositional position
- Meteosat-11 --[mission_payloads]--> seviri (products)
- Meteosat-11 --[mission_payloads]--> gerb (products)
- Meteosat-11 --[related-topic]--> weather-nowcasting (topics)
- Meteosat-11 --[related-topic]--> atmospheric-wind (topics)
- Meteosat-11 --[related-topic]--> earth-radiation-budget (topics)
- Meteosat-11 --[related-topic]--> wildfire (topics)

## Sources
- [wmo-meteosat-11] | WMO OSCAR satellite record: Meteosat-11 | https://space.oscar.wmo.int/satellites/view/meteosat_11 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [eumetsat-meteosat-series] | EUMETSAT Meteosat series | https://www.eumetsat.int/our-satellites/meteosat-series | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-14
- [eumetsat-msg4-commissioning] | MSG-4 ready for operations as Meteosat-11, EUMETSAT | https://www.eumetsat.int/msg-4-satellite-ready-operations-and-stored-orbit-meteosat-11 | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-06-14

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