ESA - Meteosat - Archive

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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

Meteosat-8 imagery of West African dust storm

Europe's MSG weather satellite serves scientists as well as…

15/09/2004 718 views 0 likes

José Achache

ESA’s future weather satellite activities unveiled

25/09/2003 900 views 1 likes

A virtually cloud-free Europe captured by MSG-1

A cloud-free Europe captured by MSG-1

26/08/2003 1227 views 0 likes

First GERB images taken on 12 December 2002

Innovative instrument on board MSG-1 delivers key informati…

13/12/2002 725 views 0 likes

MSG-1 first image - 28 November 2002

MSG-1 first image unveiled

11/12/2002 3303 views 2 likes

Europe viewed by Meteosat

MSG: the countdown begins to a new era in European weather…

10/12/2002 657 views 0 likes

Meteosat Second Generation

29/11/2002 413 views 0 likes

Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)

MSG-1 weather satellite ready for commissioning

27/09/2002 853 views 0 likes

Liftoff of Ariane 5 Flight 155

Flawless launch of a super Meteosat

29/08/2002 718 views 0 likes

En route for the launch pad

MSG-1 Launch Diary

27/08/2002 1141 views 0 likes

MSG-1: a close-up look at the satellite preparations in the S5 facility

Follow the launch of MSG-1 from ESA and Arianespace establi…

21/08/2002 902 views 0 likes

The trouble with the weather

14/08/2002 1121 views 0 likes

Volcanic eruption, Italy

MSG: In the eye of the volcano

12/08/2002 1795 views 1 likes

MSG Artist's view

MSG - More than just the weather

12/08/2002 1610 views 1 likes

Website goes live for MSG-1 launch

12/07/2002 386 views 0 likes

MSG-1 launch diary

10/07/2002 258 views 0 likes

MSG artist's view

MSG: Europe's new sentinel in space

09/07/2002 850 views 0 likes

Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)

ESA launches weather classroom tools

02/07/2002 1182 views 0 likes

World Space Week 2002

Space and daily life...in 45 years

28/06/2002 1049 views 0 likes

The MSG-1 satellite

Weather forecasting and climate change : Meteosat seminar f…

21/06/2002 853 views 0 likes

World Meteorological Organization

WMO celebrates 52 years

23/03/2002 1931 views 1 likes

Baby suffering from malaria

Modus operandi: how satellites track a mass killer

20/02/2002 813 views 0 likes

Global sea-surface temperature

Europe’s satellites track climate changes

19/01/2001 1365 views 0 likes

MSG flight model in spin test

Spin up test for weather satellite

27/11/2000 1823 views 1 likes

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