Forty years of Meteosat – Satellite News Digest

ESA’s first Earth observation satellite was launched on 23 November 1977. When the first Meteosat satellite took its place in the sky, it completed coverage of the whole globe from geostationary orbit and laid the foundations for European and world co-operation in meteorology that continues today.

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