Meteosat Second Generation

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Meteosat Second Generation is a series of advanced European geostationary weather satellites that provide high-resolution imagery and data for meteorological monitoring and forecasting.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf geostationary satellite series
meteorological satellite series
consistsOf Meteosat-10 NERFINISHED
Meteosat-11 NERFINISHED
Meteosat-8 NERFINISHED
Meteosat-9 NERFINISHED
country European Space Agency member states
coverageArea Africa NERFINISHED
Atlantic Ocean NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
parts of the Indian Ocean
dataDisseminationSystem EUMETCast NERFINISHED
dataDownlinkBand C-band
L-band
dataUsers aviation meteorology
climate research community
marine meteorology
national meteorological services
designedLifetimePerSatellite 7 years
firstSatelliteLaunchDate 2002
followedBy Meteosat Third Generation NERFINISHED
hasInstrument GERB NERFINISHED
SEVIRI NERFINISHED
Search and Rescue transponder
imageRepeatCycle 15 minutes
launchVehicle Ariane 4 NERFINISHED
Ariane 5 NERFINISHED
operator EUMETSAT NERFINISHED
orbitType geostationary orbit
precededBy Meteosat First Generation NERFINISHED
primaryMission climate monitoring
environmental monitoring
meteorological forecasting support
weather monitoring
provides high-resolution imagery
multispectral data
rapid-scan observations
rapidScanCycle 5 minutes
spectralChannels 12
supports atmospheric motion vector derivation
cloud-top temperature estimation
fire detection
fog detection
nowcasting
numerical weather prediction
radiation budget studies
severe weather monitoring
volcanic ash monitoring

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