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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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    MSG-1 first image - 28 November 2002
    EUMETSAT controls the MSG satellites from its centre in Darmstadt, Germany
    First GERB images
    First GERB images taken on 12 December 2002
    Meteosat-8 tracks the progress of hurricane Isabel
    A day of GERB observations
    Meteosat-8 imagery of West African dust storm
    Meteosat-8 imagery of West African dust storm
    Current forecasting for television viewers
    MSG-2
    MSG-2
    MSG-2 in preparation at ESTEC
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