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On this day in 1977 – November 23rd – Meteosat-1 was launched by EUMETSAT (a European intergovernmental agency).

Meteosat-1 was the first of the first generation of Meteosat satellites, which have provided continuous and reliable meteorological observations from space to a large user community.


Mona Evans
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