All Related Apply Refine results Type Article News Blog Post Features Categories Meteosat Satellites Organisation Tags MFG Features Press Release Date 2017 Date February April SHOW ALL 2 results News 11 April 2017 EUMETSAT decommissions Meteosat-7 after almost 20 years of service Today, EUMETSAT decommissioned Meteosat-7, the last first generation of Meteosat geostationary spacecraft, after almost 20 years of service. Features Grandaddy of meteorological satellites gets a celestial send-off Meteosat-7 will soon be retired to a graveyard orbit after almost 20 years of service and several celestial bodies have taken the opportunity to make the send-off memorable.