This first image of the Earth acquired by the MSG-2 satellite was unveiled on 24 January. MSG-2, developed on behalf of EUMETSAT under the aegis of the European Space Agency, was launched from the Guiana Space Centre, Europe’s spaceport, in Kourou, French Guiana, on 21 December 2005.
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