ESA - Meteosat

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The mission

Europe’s series of Meteosat satellites has been improving the accuracy of weather forecasts for over 40 years. The first Meteosat was launched in 1977 and also goes down in history as ESA’s first Earth observation mission. From geostationary orbit, the Meteosat satellites provide a continuous stream of images of the whole Earth disc, to monitor the weather over Europe, Africa and parts of the Atlantic and Indian Ocean.

The launch

First launch: Meteosat-1 on 23 November 1977
Site: Cape Canaveral, US
Rocket: Delta 2000

11 satellites in the series
40+ yrs of imagery
36000 km altitude

Meteosat

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Meteosat-1 launch

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Earth seen by Meteosat

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MSG-4 in orbit

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Discover Meteosat

A brief history of Meteosat Keeping an eye on the weather

Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)

Introducing MSG Why we need MSG How MSG works Designed for the high ground of space Reaching orbit Launch and early orbit phase

The future

Next steps Beyond MSG and MetOp

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