Meteosat Second Generation-3

European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, European Space Agency
July, 2012 to June, 2022

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).

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Instrument	Datasets
Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget	0
Communications package for MSG	0
Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infra-Red Imager	0

Also known as :

• missionID 260 (ceos lexicon)
• Mission Meteosat-10 (ceos lexicon)