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    minigallery: 30 years of Meteosat in pictures

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

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    An early view of the Meteosat Operations Control Centre
    Meteosat satellite integration at Aérospatiales Cannes facilities.
    Meteorological Information Extraction Centre
    Meteosat scanning radiometer
    ESOC’s Siemens 330 computer
    The first live TV forecast
    Meteosat, the first generation satellite
    Meteosat mated to Ariane
    Meteosat-1 first image
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