Meteosat 8

Summary

Meteosat 8 is a Meteosat Second Generation^[1]. It draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (meteosat_second_generation category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]

Key Facts

• Meteosat 8's image is recorded as MSG-4 satellite being prepared for launch.jpg^[3].
• Meteosat 8's instance of is recorded as Meteosat Second Generation^[4].
• Meteosat 8's operator is recorded as EUMETSAT^[5].
• Meteosat 8's follows is recorded as Meteosat 7^[6].
• Meteosat 8's followed by is recorded as Meteosat 9^[7].
• Meteosat 8's manufacturer is recorded as Alcatel Space^[8].
• Meteosat 8's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2002-040B^[9].
• Meteosat 8's Commons category is recorded as Meteosat 8^[10].
• Meteosat 8's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 5G^[11].
• Meteosat 8's SCN is recorded as 27509^[12].
• Meteosat 8's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[13].
• Meteosat 8's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2002-08-28T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Meteosat 8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04mysh5^[15].
• Meteosat 8's service retirement is recorded as +2022-07-01T00:00:00Z^[16].
• Meteosat 8's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[17].
• Meteosat 8's significant event is recorded as service retirement^[18].
• Meteosat 8's space tug is recorded as EPS L9.7^[19].
• Meteosat 8's start point is recorded as ELA-3^[20].
• Meteosat 8's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "27509"]^[21].
• Meteosat 8's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2002-040B^[22].

Why It Matters

Meteosat 8 draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (meteosat_second_generation category, ranking #1 of 1).^[2]