Europe has launched the latest spacecraft in its next-generation series of meteorological satellites. The two-tonne, cylinder-shaped MSG-2 will observe the changing weather over Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The spacecraft represents a step-change in performance over the early Meteosat platforms first designed in the 1970s. MSG-2 was blasted into space as part of a double payload with an Indian telecoms satellite, riding atop an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana
Posted on: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 17:39:41 +0000
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