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Five identical geostationary satellites
Five identical geostationary satellites are placed in a constellation around the equator. There is Meteosat (ESA), GMS (Japan), INSAT (India), and GOES E and GOES W (USA). Together they produce new images of global weather conditions every half hour. They do not, however, cover the Polar Regions.

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MSG, Meteosat Second Generation artistic view
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The first launch of a second generation of Meteosat satellites was in 2002. The opportunity to analyse the atmosphere and its trace gasses was enhanced with these satellites.

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IR image
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Thermal infrared channel (IR) image.

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VIS image
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Visible channel (VIS) image.

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WV image
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Water vapour (WV) image.

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