Ariane 5 V155

Liftoff of Ariane 5G (Generic) flight V155 from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 28 August 2002, carrying Atlantic Bird 1 and MSG-1, the first Meteosat Second Generation satellite.

Almost 25 years after the launch of the very first Meteosat in November 1977, the first representative of the next generation of European weather satellites was placed in orbit.