MSG-3 declared operational as
Meteosat-10
After the successful completion of
in-orbit testing, on 12 December the MSG-3 satellite was
declared ready to support the Meteosat operational services and
renamed Meteosat-10.
The dissemination of Meteosat-10
SEVIRI data and meteorological products has started to the wider
user community via EUMETCast-Europe. This is in addition to the
National Meteorological Services in EUMETSAT’s Member and
Cooperating States and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather
Forecasts (ECMWF), which have been receiving SEVIRI data and
products since October. For EUMETCast users in Africa, a user
station upgrade is being prepared which will be deployed over the
coming weeks, ensuring Meteosat-10 data availability to users in
Africa from January.
In the next two months,
Meteosat-10 and Meteosat-9 will deliver full Earth scan image and
meteorological products in parallel, with Meteosat-10 scheduled to
become the prime operational satellite on 21 January after moving to
0º. Parallel dissemination will allow users to prepare themselves
before Meteosat-10 takes over.
