Meteosat Second Generation

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Meteosat Second Generation is a series of advanced European geostationary weather satellites that provide high-resolution imagery and data for meteorological monitoring and forecasting.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Meteosat Second Generation canonical 2
Meteosat-10 1
Meteosat-11 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geostationary satellite series
meteorological satellite series
consistsOf Meteosat-10
Meteosat-11
Meteosat-8
Meteosat-9
country European Space Agency member states
coverageArea Africa
Atlantic Ocean
Europe
parts of the Indian Ocean
dataDisseminationSystem EUMETCast
dataDownlinkBand C-band
L-band
dataUsers aviation meteorology
climate research community
marine meteorology
national meteorological services
designedLifetimePerSatellite 7 years
firstSatelliteLaunchDate 2002
followedBy Meteosat Third Generation
hasInstrument GERB
SEVIRI
Search and Rescue transponder
imageRepeatCycle 15 minutes
launchVehicle Ariane 4
Ariane 5
operator EUMETSAT
orbitType geostationary orbit
precededBy Meteosat First Generation
primaryMission climate monitoring
environmental monitoring
meteorological forecasting support
weather monitoring
provides high-resolution imagery
multispectral data
rapid-scan observations
rapidScanCycle 5 minutes
spectralChannels 12
supports atmospheric motion vector derivation
cloud-top temperature estimation
fire detection
fog detection
nowcasting
numerical weather prediction
radiation budget studies
severe weather monitoring
volcanic ash monitoring

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Meteosat Second Generation consistsOf Meteosat-9
linked to: Meteosat Second Generation
Meteosat Second Generation consistsOf Meteosat-10
linked to: Meteosat Second Generation
Meteosat Second Generation consistsOf Meteosat-11
linked to: Meteosat Second Generation
Meteosat Third Generation follows Meteosat Second Generation