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Meteosat's history in pictures

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A selection of images highlighting Meteosat's history at ESA.

Meteosat artist's impression

An early view of the Meteosat Operations Control Centre

Meteosat artist's impression

Meteosat scanning radiometer

Meteosat satellite integration at Aérospatiales Cannes facilities.

ESOC’s Siemens 330 computer

Meteosat, the first-generation satellite

Meteosat mated to Ariane

Meteosat-1 first image

Meteorological Information Extraction Centre

Meteosat ground station, Odenwald (Germany)

Meteosat Operations Control Centre

Meteosat-2 Earth image

Meteosat-3 and -4 composite view of Earth 16 May 1993

Meteosat-3 Earth image

XADC antenna

Meteosat-3 Earth image

Meteosat-4 Earth image

Meteosat Earth images

Meteosat-5 integration

Meteosat-6

Meteosat-6 image of Earth

Meteosat-7 launch preparations

Ariane launch of Meteosat-7, 1997

A cloud-free image of the Earth

Meteosat - artificially coloured area Europe

Tropical cyclone Gonu seen by Meteosat-7

Meteosat-7 weather animation - 12-11-2002

Picture of Earth taken by Meteosat in infrared channel

Picture of Earth taken by Meteosat in water vapour channel

Meteosat first images

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