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OAS platform Detail for Meteosat-10, meta_version: 1. Current meta_version is: 2
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Title:
Name: Meteosat-10
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Countries: AUSTRIA
Comments: Launched and operated by European Space Agency (ESA).

Platform Class: 64-Geostationary orbiting satellite
Synonyms: Third METEOSAT Second Generation Satellite, MSG3
Launched Date: 2012-07-05
Commissioned Date: 2012-12-12
Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland(, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.

Notes: MSG3 is a geostationary satellite at 0º longitude, 35800 km above the Gulf of Guinea off the west coast of equatorial Africa.
It carries a pair of instruments, the Spinning Enhanced Visible and InfraRed Imager (SEVIRI), which observes the Earth in 12 spectral
channels and the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument, a visible-infrared radiometer for Earth radiation budget studies.
It also carry a transponder to detect and relay distress signals from ships and aircraft.

Info Source:
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/Meteosat_Second_Generation/MSG-3_Europe_s_latest_weather_satellite_delivers_first_image
https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/m/meteosat-second-generation
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Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2015-01-22 12:00:07+00
Editdate: 2018-03-29 21:43:30+00