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    The Meteosat-2 geostationary weather satellite began operationally to supply imagery data on 16 August 1981. Eumetsat has operated the Meteosats since...
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  • The Meteosat visible and infrared imager (or MVIRI) is the scientific instrument package on board the seven Meteosat first-generation geostationary meteorological...
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    (CAMS). Sentinel-4 will consist of two instruments integrated onboard a Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S) satellite intended to primarily observe...
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  • Vista for system notification MsgPlus!, a Microsoft messenger service Meteosat Second Generation, a series of geostationary meteorological satellites...
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    regulations for which frequency ranges or "bands" certain organizations are allowed to use. This allocation of bands minimizes the risk of signal interference...
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  • satellite includes data and derived products from the geostationary Meteosat satellites, Meteosat-7 (over the Indian Ocean), 8, 9 and 10 and the Metop-A, B &...
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    13 December 2022 — An Ariane 5 launched the first third generation Meteosat: Meteosat MTG-I1. 21 December 2022 – Vega-C failed to launch two Pléiades Neo...
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    Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget instrument (GERB) instrument on the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellite. Longwave radiation at the surface (both...
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  • the framework of the BEYOND project with the installation of an X-, and L-band satellite acquisition station for reception, acquisition, and processing...
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    7 km-long space tethered constellation of satellites. Partial launch failure. Meteosat (first generation), launched November 1977 to September 1997 – Joint EUMETSAT-ESA...
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  • Arianespace (Press release). 17 November 2021. Retrieved 17 November 2021. "Meteosat series". EUMETSAT. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2023. "EUMETSAT to...
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    the rescue of Sudarshan Gautam between Camps III & IV in Everest's Yellow Band on the morning of 20 May 2013. On 2 June 2014, an AS350 B3e broke a national...
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    (TT&C) systems in S-Band (one with receive capability also in the UHF-Band), six multi-frequency receive antenna systems in S/X-Band and an operational...
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    Megha-Tropiques Active CNES and ISRO 2011 Meteor-M No. 1 and 2 Active Roscosmos 2009 Meteosat 8 Active EUMETSAT 2002 Also known as MSG 1. MetOp A, B, and C Active NASA...
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    Archived from the original on 2 September 2017. Retrieved 3 June 2009. "A Meteosat-9 infrared satellite image". BBC News. Archived from the original on 6...
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    surveillance, telemetry recording and relay. Modified with AN/APS-143 Multi-Mode X-Band Maritime Surveillance Radar with Integrated IFF Interrogator to detect objects...
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    2022 EUMETSAT plan to launch the Lightning Imager (MTG-I LI) on board Meteosat Third Generation. This will complement NOAA's GLM. MTG-I LI will cover...
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    the detailed structure, the size and the lifetime of the systems using Meteosat satellite images in the infrared channel. They must have a continuous cloud...
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  • consisting of 4 satellites. They will also provide the instruments for Meteosat Third Generation and MetOp-SG weather satellites of EUMETSAT where ESA...
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    derived from satellite imagery, as for example using visible images from Meteosat Prime satellite. A method is applied to the images to determine solar radiation...
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  • Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) is an instrument aboard EUMETSAT's Meteosat Second Generation geostationary satellites designed to make accurate measurements...
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    eclipse was seen. The eclipse was also observed by meteorological satellite Meteosat-10. The European Union has a solar power output of about 90 gigawatts and...
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    in the ion diffusion region of magnetic reconnection October 22 - Wide-banded Non-Thermal Continuum (NTC) radiation: local to remote observations by the...
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    Its co-passenger on board was Meteosat-9 of EUMETSAT. 12 Ku band transponders. It was being used by Tata Sky. 12 C-band transponders The satellite was...
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    tropical wave moved off the coast of Africa on July 27, as detected by Meteosat imagery. By July 31 the tropical wave began to be classified, using the...
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    taking over a spare GOES satellite for monitoring the Indian Ocean as the Meteosat-8 satellite was expected to be out of fuel in 2020 (later extended to 2022)...
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    Miguel. No damage was reported in association with Bonnie. On September 20, METEOSAT imagery indicated an area of convection becoming concentrated while well...
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    and the Meteosat series. The GOES spacecraft have carried an X-ray sensor (XRS) which measures the flux from the whole solar disk in two bands – 0.05 to...
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  • M51 missile. The first Earth sensor was created in 1977 and boarded on Meteosat I. - Instruments for Earth observation (cameras, optical and optronic instruments...
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    atmosphere, the very useful thermal (long-wavelength infrared) frequency band is not blocked (see gap at 10 μm in the diagram below). This allows for the...
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