Operator
European Space Agency (ESA)Manufacturer
European Space Agency (ESA)Meteosat 1
11/23/1977
Europe’s Meteosat geostationary satellites return images every 15 minutes over the full Earth and every five minutes over Europe.
Europe’s Meteosat geostationary satellites are positioned 36,0 m above the equator.
Subject to a follow-up decision, the AWS constellation would be implemented with EUMETSAT according to the cooperation model established with Meteosat and MetOp satellites.
Geostationary orbit (GEO) hosts Europe’s Meteosat weather satellites and most satellites used for telecommunications.
Meteosat satellites operate in geostationary orbit at approximately 36,0 m above the equator.
Meteosat satellites operate in geostationary orbit at approximately 36,000 km above the equator.
GMV was awarded a contract by EUMETSAT to provide Operational Optical Data Services to support flight dynamics operations of the Meteosat (MSG and MTG) satellite fleet in geostationary orbit.