ESA hands over MSG-3 weather satellite to EUMETSAT
Tuesday, July 17, 2012 - 09:50
in Astronomy & Space
Since the launch of MSG-3, ESAs mission controllers have been working to ensure that this latest weather satellites voyage to 36 000 km above the Equator runs smoothly. With MSG-3 healthy and now in its place of work, ESA has handed operations over to Eumetsat. The third Meteosat Second Generation satellite took to the skies on an Ariane 5 rocket on 5 July from Europes Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.Once fully operational, it will deliver essential information from geostationary orbit to monitor the weather over Europe, Africa and parts of the Atlantic and Indian Oceans.