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Meteosat 7
Meteosat 7
MFG at 57° E, Indian Ocean Data Coverage (IODC)
Launched in:
1997
Out of service since:
2017
Repeat cycle:
0.01 days
Orbit height:
36000 km
Orbit type:
Geostationary
Organisation:
EUMETSAT
Launched 2 Sep 1997. Arrived at 57° E over the Indian Ocean in July 2006.
Replaced by Meteosat 8 on 1 Feb 2017. Decommissioned on 11 Apr 2017.
Meteosat 7 websites
Information
EUMETSAT
Eumetsat - MFG Calibration
Eumetsat - Meteosat Past Satellites
Data ordering
EUMETSAT
NASA EarthData - Search
On Board Sensors
MVIRI (Meteosat Visible and Infrared Imager)
Information
EUMETSAT
Data ordering
EUMETSAT
Sensor Bands
Band
Wavelength
(µm)
Bandwidth
(µm)
Resolution
(m)
Swath width
(km)
Revisit time
(days)
Band 1 (VIS)
0.5 to 0.9
2500
0.01
Band 2 (TIR)
5.7 to 7.1
5000
0.01
Band 3 (TIR)
10.5 to 12.5
5000
0.01
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