29 November 2002 The first image from MSG-1 has been acquired and is now posted on the Eumetsat website.
Please note that this is the raw unrectified image with preliminary instrument settings. The fine tuning of the instrument parameters will take place next.
27 September 2002 ESA PR 61-2002. The first of Eumetsat's new generation of weather satellites, MSG-1, has arrived on station at 10.5°W in geostationary orbit at 36,000 kilometres above the Earth. After separation from the Ariane-5 launcher on 29 August, ESA’s European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt took the spacecraft under control on behalf of Eumetsat for the Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP). Operation of the spacecraft has now been handed over to Eumetsat.
27 August 2002 The MSG-1 launch team have been keeping a diary of their preparations for launch. Get an in-depth look at what it takes to prepare the first of Europe's latest generation of meteorological satellite for launch. Read about the
arrival of the spacecraft in French Guiana, the extensive series of tests and calibrations of the spacecraft, and the desperate battles with giant green
snakes in the jungle near Kourou - all to ensure the satellite is ready for takeoff!
