Meteosat is a geostationary satellite designed and equipped for the collection and transmission to Earth of meteorological and environmental data. For the control of the satellite and the processing and dissemination of this information a very large and complex system of computers and ancillary equipment has been set up in the European Space Operations Centre at Darmstadt in West Germany. Two large ICL 2980 computers form the core of the system and ICL was the main contractor for the whole installation. The paper describes the main features of the satellite and of the computing system and also of the information collected and the analyses performed.


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    Title :

    Meteosat 1: Europe's first meteorological satellite


    Additional title:

    Meteosat 1: Europas erster meteorologischer Satellit


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    ICL Technical Journal ; 1 , 3 ; 195-210


    Publication date :

    1979


    Size :

    16 Seiten



    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English