---
aliases:
  - context: instrumentID
    lexicon: ceos
    term: 296
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentsummary.aspx?instrumentID=296
  - context: Instrument
    lexicon: ceos
    term: MSG Comms
    url: http://database.eohandbook.com/database/instrumentindex.aspx#M
cited_by: []
contributors:
  - display_name: 'Contributor : European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites '
    href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/contributor/3743.yaml
    id: 3743
    organization:
      country_code: ~
      display_name: European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
      identifier: european-organisation-exploitation-meteorological-satellites
      name: European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
      organization_type_identifier: intergovernmental
      type: organization
      url: http://www.eumetsat.int
    organization_uri: /organization/european-organisation-exploitation-meteorological-satellites
    person: {}
    person_id: ~
    person_uri: ~
    role_type_identifier: contributor
    uri: /contributor/3743
description: Communications system
description_attribution: ~
display_name: communications-package-for-msg
files: []
href: http://52.38.26.42:8080/instrument/communications-package-for-msg.yaml
identifier: communications-package-for-msg
name: Communications package for MSG
parents: []
platforms:
  - description: 'The first generation Meteosat series (Meteosat-1 to -7) of EUMETSAT is gradually being replaced by a second generation series (MSG) with a launch of the first satellite MSG-1 on Aug. 28, 2002, to be followed by three more satellites, ensuring operational continuity in GEO for at least 16 years. MSG-1 became Meteosat-8 on Jan. 29, 2004 when the mission was declared “operational” (i.e., commencement of routine operations after the end of the commissioning phase).'
    description_attribution: 'The first generation Meteosat series (Meteosat-1 to -7) of EUMETSAT is gradually being replaced by a second generation series (MSG) with a launch of the first satellite MSG-1 on Aug. 28, 2002, to be followed by three more satellites, ensuring operational continuity in GEO for at least 16 years. MSG-1 became Meteosat-8 on Jan. 29, 2004 when the mission was declared “operational” (i.e., commencement of routine operations after the end of the commissioning phase).'
    identifier: meteosat-second-generation-3
    name: Meteosat Second Generation-3
    uri: /platform/meteosat-second-generation-3
  - description: 'The first generation Meteosat series (Meteosat-1 to -7) of EUMETSAT is gradually being replaced by a second generation series (MSG) with a launch of the first satellite MSG-1 on Aug. 28, 2002, to be followed by three more satellites, ensuring operational continuity in GEO for at least 16 years. MSG-1 became Meteosat-8 on Jan. 29, 2004 when the mission was declared “operational” (i.e., commencement of routine operations after the end of the commissioning phase).'
    description_attribution: 'The first generation Meteosat series (Meteosat-1 to -7) of EUMETSAT is gradually being replaced by a second generation series (MSG) with a launch of the first satellite MSG-1 on Aug. 28, 2002, to be followed by three more satellites, ensuring operational continuity in GEO for at least 16 years. MSG-1 became Meteosat-8 on Jan. 29, 2004 when the mission was declared “operational” (i.e., commencement of routine operations after the end of the commissioning phase).'
    identifier: meteosat-second-generation-1
    name: Meteosat Second Generation-1
    uri: /platform/meteosat-second-generation-1
  - description: 'The first generation Meteosat series (Meteosat-1 to -7) of EUMETSAT is gradually being replaced by a second generation series (MSG) with a launch of the first satellite MSG-1 on Aug. 28, 2002, to be followed by three more satellites, ensuring operational continuity in GEO for at least 16 years. MSG-1 became Meteosat-8 on Jan. 29, 2004 when the mission was declared “operational” (i.e., commencement of routine operations after the end of the commissioning phase).'
    description_attribution: 'The first generation Meteosat series (Meteosat-1 to -7) of EUMETSAT is gradually being replaced by a second generation series (MSG) with a launch of the first satellite MSG-1 on Aug. 28, 2002, to be followed by three more satellites, ensuring operational continuity in GEO for at least 16 years. MSG-1 became Meteosat-8 on Jan. 29, 2004 when the mission was declared “operational” (i.e., commencement of routine operations after the end of the commissioning phase).'
    identifier: meteosat-second-generation-2
    name: Meteosat Second Generation-2
    uri: /platform/meteosat-second-generation-2
references: []
type: instrument
uri: /instrument/communications-package-for-msg