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MSG-2 First Images

First colour image of the Earth acquired by the MSG-2 satellite on 25 January 2006. Credits: EUMETSAT 2006.
by Staff Writers
Paris (ESA) Feb 02, 2006
This first MSG-2 satellite colour image of the Earth was acquired on 25 January. It follows the MSG-2 first image, in black and white, which was unveiled on 24 January.

The second Meteosat Second Generation satellite, developed on behalf of EUMETSAT under the aegis of the European Space Agency, was launched from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana, on 21 December 2005.

Once operational, MSG-2 will secure the high availability and reliability of the Meteosat Second Generation System.

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The Cluster Active Archive Goes Online
Paris (ESA) Feb 02, 2006
Today, 1 February 2006, exactly 5 years after the start of scientific operations on the four Cluster spacecraft, the Cluster Active Archive (CAA) goes online. CAA is the central depository of processed and validated high- and low-resolution Cluster data, raw data, processing software, calibration data, documentation and other value added products. CAA is a free system made available to the worldwide scientific community without any data right restrictions at.






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