Meteosat 1 to 7
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The first-generation Meteosat satellites were a series of seven European satellites that are designed to monitor the weather from GEO, complementing NASA's GOES satellites. Weighing around 282 kg and measuring about 3.195 m in length, these satellites were launched between 1977 and 1997, and it continued their service until the last one was decommissioned in 2017
| Meteosat (1977-Present) |
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|---|---|---|
| Mission | Start | End |
| First generation, 1977-1997 | ||
| Meteosat-1 | 1977-Nov-23 | 1984-Oct |
| Meteosat-2 | 1981-Jun-19 | 1991-Dec |
| Meteosat-3 | 1988-Jun-15 | 1995-Nov |
| Meteosat-4 | 1989-Mar-6 | 1996-Nov |
| Meteosat-5 | 1991-Mar-2 | 2007-Apr |
| Meteosat-6 | 1993-Nov-20 | 2011-Apr-15 |
| Meteosat-7 | 1997-Sept-2 | 1993-Sept |
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