Meteosat 3 performed successfully until GOES-8 was able to take over in 1995.
In 1993, the satellite was moved to 75° W as a new relay station in Wallops Island, Virginia, allowing remote control from ESA's space operations centre (ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, without direct visibility. GOES-5 satellite and the imager failure on GOES-6 that left the Americas with only partial weather coverage.
Taken from vantage points at 50°W and 0° longitude, the picture shows the Americas, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa and part of Asia.įrom 1991 to 1993, Meteosat 3 was moved to 50° W for an Atlantic Data Coverage (ADC) mission, following the loss of the U.S.
Composite view of Earth as observed from geostationary orbit by ESA's Meteosat 3 and 4 weather satellites on.
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