First color photo of Earth taken from MSG-4 satellite released
On August 4, a photo of Africa and Europe sent from the MSG-4 meteorological satellite was released. This is the first color photo of Earth taken from MSG-4's geostationary orbit.
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| Earth captured from the MSG-4 meteorological satellite. (Source: rt.com) |
High-definition images taken from satellites in orbit above a point on Earth are used to monitor changes in climate systems. A series of such images can be combined to create a “time-lapse” video.
Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) 4 is the last satellite in the European meteorological monitoring satellite constellation.
The satellite was launched last month, and was handed over by the European Space Agency to the hydrometeorological service EUMETSAT on July 26 after it was placed into its final orbit.
The satellite is currently undergoing a seven-month testing phase and will be renamed Meteosat-11 and put into dormant state until it is used as a backup satellite for one of the other satellites in the Meteosat family.
The previous MSG satellites, Meteosat 7, 8 and 10, are now online. Every 15 minutes, these satellites send back high-definition images of Europe, Africa and parts of the Indian and Atlantic Oceans./.
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According to Vietnamplus