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    service until the MTG (Meteosat Third Generation) program takes over. The first generation of Meteosat satellites, Meteosat-1 to Meteosat-7, provided continuous...
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    approx. 100 rpm and carrying the Meteosat Visible and Infrared Imager (MVIRI) instrument. Successive Meteosat first generation satellites were launched, on...
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    Meteosat Transition Programme (MTP) and the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) program. Notable for imaging the first meteor to be predicted to strike the Earth...
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  • The Meteosat visible and infrared imager (or MVIRI) is the scientific instrument package on board the seven Meteosat first-generation geostationary meteorological...
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    EUMETSAT-ESA meteorology mission to launch the third generation of Meteosat satellites. MetOp (first generation), launched October 2006 to 2018 – Joint EUMETSAT-ESA...
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    our citizens' dreams and thirst for knowledge, and attract the young generation. This is the reason space exploration is an integral part of overall space...
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    Meteosat visible and infrared imager (MVIRI), three-channel imager: visible, infrared and water vapour; It operates on the first generation Meteosat,...
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    during a substorm February 29 – The role of ionospheric O+ outflow in the generation of earthward propagating plasmoids January 11 – A statistical study of...
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    merging with ELDO, the European Launcher Development Organisation. The first rocket launch from Esrange occurred on 19 November 1966. In 1972, ownership...
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  • for system notification MsgPlus!, a Microsoft messenger service Meteosat Second Generation, a series of geostationary meteorological satellites Microgravity...
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    the Meteosat series of satellites operated by EUMETSAT, generating images of the full Earth disc and data for forecasting. The first generation of Meteosat...
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    Copernicus (1988–present) Meteosat First Generation (1977–1997) ERS-1 (1991–2000) ERS-2 (1995–2011) Meteosat Second Generation (2002–present) Envisat (2002–2012)...
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    Sentinel-4 will consist of two instruments integrated onboard a Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S) satellite to observe primarily the tropospheric...
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    can markedly alter the future. GEWEX is being implemented in phases. The first phase comprises information gathering, modelling, predictions, and advancement...
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  • Space science in Estonia Ene Ergma - Skytte medal recipient ESTCube-1 - first Estonian satellite ESTCube-2 - planned Estonian satellite "About the Space...
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  • programmes initial objective was to develop technologies for the Next Generation Launcher (NGL) to follow Ariane 5. With the inception of the Ariane 6...
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    Copernicus (1988–present) Meteosat First Generation (1977–1997) ERS-1 (1991–2000) ERS-2 (1995–2011) Meteosat Second Generation (2002–present) Envisat (2002–2012)...
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    industrial prime contractor for 3 generations of Meteosat European weather satellites. Third generation MTG, Meteosat Third Generation, is still under development...
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    February 2022. "Meteosat series". EUMETSAT. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2023. Krebs, Gunter (22 August 2020). "MTG-S 1, 2 (Meteosat 13, 16 / Sentinel...
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  • Pathfinder, SWARM, Gaia, SENTINEL spacecraft, EXOMARS orbiters, METEOSAT Third Generation, Aeolus, BepiColombo, SOLO or EUCLID. Upcoming missions that will...
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  • is used for derived products distributed in the Eumetcast of Meteosat Second Generation. Another example is the NAM (North American Mesoscale) model....
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    series of Meteosat first and second generation the series of communication satellites Spacebus the series of Globalstar's second-generation satellites...
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    Telescope. 13 December 2022 — An Ariane 5 launched the first third generation Meteosat: Meteosat MTG-I1. 21 December 2022 – Vega-C failed to launch two...
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  • state-of-the-art passive remote sensing suite for atmospheric research, the first one that ever operated in Athens with such specifications. Since 2007, the...
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  • 10,000 calculations a second but by the mid-1980s it was one billion; Meteosat-2 launched in June 1981; Steven Burke of the London Potato Futures Association;...
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    ATR 72 (category Aircraft first flown in 1988)
    on a new generation of regional aircraft. A new jointly owned company, ATR, was established to develop, manufacture, and market their first airliner,...
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  • February 2022. "Meteosat series". EUMETSAT. 15 April 2020. Retrieved 21 August 2023. Krebs, Gunter (22 August 2020). "MTG-S 1, 2 (Meteosat 13, 16 / Sentinel...
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  • consisting of 4 satellites. They will also provide the instruments for Meteosat Third Generation and MetOp-SG weather satellites of EUMETSAT where ESA and EUMETSAT...
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    communications satellite of the Spanish operator Hispasat and the third generation of Meteosat weather satellites. In 2013, the company was awarded a prime contract...
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    Concorde (category Aircraft first flown in 1969)
    while also offering reasonable take-off and landing speeds using vortex generation. The only downside to such a design is that the aircraft would have to...
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