MSG-3 Commissioning
Trial dissemination of data begins
Trial dissemination of MSG-3 data and meteorolgical products has started.
THURSDAY 13 September 2012
The data and products are being sent to national meteorological services in EUMETSAT’s Member and Cooperating States and to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF).
See the Press Release on the MSG-3 trial dissemination for more details.
Last Updated: 23 October, 2012 11:57
Previous Articles
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MSG-3’s SEVIRI instrument readied for operations
The straylight tests were conducted to evaluate the impact of stray solar light on the instrument’s optics with SEVIRI in a nominal scanning pattern.
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MSG-3 GERB instrument successfully activated
The switch-on of GERB follows the successful switch-on and release of the first image from SEVIRI earlier in the week.
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MSG-3 delivers first image
Today (7 August), the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager (SEVIRI) instrument on MSG-3 captured its first image of the Earth.
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Successful drift stop manoeuvre of MSG-3
After handover from ESOC, EUMETSAT completed today (24 July) the MSG-3 drift stop manoeuvre.
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