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Satellite MSG-2-Meteosat 9. Artwork.

auteur: ESA/D.Ducros/Novapix

référence: e-sot06-90101

Image Size 300 DPI: 22 * 29 cm

Artist view of MSG-2, the second model of the Meteosat Second Generation satellite series, in geostationary orbit. The Earth is seen through an infrared channel. The 2-ton MSG-2 was successfully lofted onto a geostationary transfer orbit by an Ariane 5GS, on December 21, 2005, together with India's Insat 4A communication satellite.

Keywords for this photo:

2005 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE - GEOSTATIONARY - ILLUSTRATION - INFRARED - METEOROLOGY - METEOSAT - METEOSAT 9 - MSG - MSG-2 - SPACE -