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Meteosat Second Generation-2: watch the launch live

14 December 2005

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Credits: ESA/MSG Team

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This first image from MSG-1, now renamed Meteosat-8, is a colour composite derived from three of the twelve channels operating in the visible and infra-red parts of the spectrum used by MSG’s main instrument, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-red Imager (SEVIRI).

Credits: Eumetsat 2002

Meteosat Second Generation