The first Meteosat satellite was launched 25 years ago, on 23 November 1977. Their images have sine then become a daily feature of TV weather forecasting. Broadcasters wishing to report on this anniversary will find in this Exchange all background footage on a quarter century European satellite meteorology.
The programme comprises of a 5-minute A-roll with split track and commentary and is complemented by a B-Roll with clean international sound

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Exactly 25 years ago, the first European Weather Satellite Meteosat was launched from Cape Canaveral. Six more of these satellites have followed since. From their vantage point 36.000 kilometers above the equator, they have been watching the earth non-stop for a quarter of a century.
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Because Meteosat provides an instantaneous image of the weather, it changed the way we perceive weather forecasting. Transmitting a set of three weather pictures every 30 minutes, these European satellites made it possible to actually see how clouds move over Europe and Africa. (But they also give information about things like the water vapor concentrations in the atmosphere.)
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Over the years, European citizens have included these forecasts in their daily life planning. The most frequently used tool in TV and newspaper forecasts are Meteosat images The use of satellite images for weather forecasting has gone hand in hand with the development of computer techniques for numerical modeling of