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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 : the first image - 9 Dec 1977
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