CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Meteosat-6
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Full Name
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Meteosat-6
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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EUMETSAT , ESA
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Launch Date
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20 Nov 1993
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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02 May 2011
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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22912 (TLE)
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International Designator
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1993-073B
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Orbit Type
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Geostationary
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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N/A
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Orbit Inclination
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Orbit Altitude
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36000 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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Meteorology, climatology, atmospheric dynamics/water and energy cycles. Meteosat 1-7 are first generation.
Meteosat 8-11 are second generation and known as MSG in the development phase.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 7  )
GPM Ground Validation Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Artificial Neu ...
INFRARED GLOBAL GEOSTATIONARY COMPOSITE V1
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage B3 Reduced Radiances in Native Forma ...
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D1 3-Hourly Cloud Products - Revised ...
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage D2 Monthly Cloud Products - Revised ...
International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Stage DX Pixel Level Cloud Product - Revis ...
SAFARI 2000 Daily Rainfall Estimates, 0.1-Deg, Southern Africa, 1993-2001
Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results (view all 45 results: browser , table )
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate research NMHSs Government agencies GERB science team
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate research NMHSs Government agencies GERB science team
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate research NMHSs Government agencies GERB science team
CLAAS 1. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Solar energy community (JRC) Agriculture meteorology (e.g. PAR). Medi...
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: NMHS: Automation, extension, homogenization and quality check of cloud observa...
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate Change and Natural Variability Impact Assessment, Extreme Precipitatio...
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: SNU, DWD for COSMO-CLM evaluation, climate service, regional climate modelling...
NOAA Climate Data Record (CDR) of Precipitation Estimation from Remotely Sensed Information using Ar...
SARAH 1. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate impact analysis (DWD,EURO4M,PIK) Climate model evaluation and...
CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: Climate research NMHSs Government agencies GERB science team
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