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Europeans Launch New Generation Of Weather Satellites

Posted by timothy on from the wetter dept.

dankelley writes: "The BBC is reporting that the European Space Agency has successfully launched the first of a new generation of weather satellites. This is 25 years after the first weather satellite, meteosat. This new generation will supply images at 15 minutes, compared with 30 minutes in the first generation. This should help with rapidly-developing weather events. Also, the 'view' will be in 12, rather than 3, visible/IR wavelength bands. The improved spectral resolution is hoped to facilitate climate modelling. Details are available on the ESA webpage devoted to the launch."

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  1. you know why by skydude_20 · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    just because I could, fp! woohoo

    hmm.. that just didn't have the excitment I was hoping for... oh well

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  2. The View by Zapper · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I can see my house from here...

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  3. Bloat by Zapper · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Two and a half times larger than the Meteosat-1 to -7 series, MSG-1 is...

    Obligatory MS bash...
    Must be a Microsoft implementation.

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