Meteosat
Beginning in January and lasting until April 2018 several changes in the constellation of Meteosat satellites are being made. Meteosat-11 will be taken into operations and the Meteosat satellites supporting the various services will change. In this section you'll find updates on these changes.
During the transition phases parallel dissemination for the 0 degree service and the Rapid Scan Service (RSS) will be provided for specific periods.
UPDATE on Meteosat-9 and Meteosat-10 RSS parallel data dissemination on EUMETCast
From 13/03/2018 09:00 UTC to 20/03/2018 09:00 UTC (period when Meteosat-9 is still the prime RSS spacecraft), the Meteosat-10 RSS data will be distributed on EUMETSAT Data Channel 15 (PID: 500, Multicast address: 224.223.222.3) and will have ‘_PAR’ (for ‘parallel’) included in their filenames, for example:
H-000-MSG3__-MSG3_RSS_PAR-HRV______-000016___-201712211220-C_
L-000-MSG3__-MPEF_RSS_PAR-FIRG_____-000001___-201712211030-__
From 20/03/2018 09:00 UTC (when Meteosat-10 becomes prime RSS spacecraft) to 27/03/2018 (when Meteosat-9 RSS data dissemination stops), it will be the other way round: Meteosat-9 data will be distributed on EUMETSAT Data Channel 15 and will have ‘_PAR’ included in their filenames.
Users wishing to receive the parallel Meteosat-10 RSS data stream should register with our User Helpdesk, via email ops@eumetsat.int
Full Earth Scan (FES)
Meteosat-11 will be relocated to 0 degree longitude. In order to support user transition, there will be a four-week parallel dissemination of Meteosat-10/11 SEVIRI Level 1.5 image data and meteorological products:
- Two weeks with Meteosat-10 as prime FES spacecraft
- Two weeks with Meteosat-11 as prime FES spacecraft
See Dissemination Timeline below.
Meteosat-10 and Meteosat-11 orbital positions will be changing during the parallel dissemination phase. The Level-1.5 image data of both spacecraft will be rectified to 0 degree longitude.
Rapid Scan Service (RSS)
For provision of the RSS Meteosat-10 will be relocated to 9.5 deg E longitude.
In order to support user transition, there will be a two-week parallel dissemination of Meteosat-9/10 RSS SEVIRI Level 1.5 image data and meteorological products:
- One week with Meteosat-9 as prime RSS spacecraft
- One week with Meteosat-10 as prime RSS spacecraft
See Dissemination Timeline below.
Meteosat-9 orbital position will be changing during the parallel dissemination phase. The Level-1.5 image data of both spacecraft will be rectified to 9.5 deg E longitude.
