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Meteosat

A series of European geostationary satellites, initiated with the launch of Meteosat-1 in November 1977. Meteosat-1 was the first geostationary satellite to provide 6. 7-μm water vapor imagery. Meteosat is positioned above the prime meridian (0° longitude).

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