ESA - Space for Kids - Technology - Meteosat


Launchers Spacecraft Mission control Useful space Space spinoffs	Meteosat Download: HI-RES JPEG (size: 208 Kb) Meteosat-2 artificially-coloured visible channel full-disc Earth image. Developed by ESA and since 1995 operated by EUMETSAT, Meteosat has been routinely returning Earth imagery from geostationary orbit since 1977. Credits: ESA Download: HI-RES JPEG (size: 224 kb) Meteosat Second Generation: The MSG-1 Structural and Thermal Model (STM) during the integration and transport to the LSS for thermal vacuum testing at ESA/ESTEC Credits: ESA	Spacecraft Building a spacecraft All shapes and sizes Many parts Speech, science and spying ESA' s test centre Cleanrooms Shake, rattle and roll World weather Weather studies from space