news
Project completed
10-03-2006 All reports of the project are now available.
Presentations of Heliosat-3 Workshop
28-02-2004 Presentations of the Heliosat-3 Workshop can be found here.
Workshop presenting Heliosat3
1-07-2004 On February
23th 2005 the the products of the Heliosat3 project will be presented
during a workshop in Freiburg (Germany).
Extension Heliosat3 project
15-06-2004 The delay of
the commissioning of Meteosat 8 (formerly known as MSG)
also caused considerable delay in the Heliosat3 project. The EU
therefore allowed an extension of the project until February 2005.
MSG
22.01.03 New
information about
Data Availibility during MSG-1 Commissioning at the MSG web page
22.01.03 MSG-1 Commissioning
These SEVIRI images, taken on 4th December (12:30 UTC), have undergone
preliminary image processing by ALCATEL using the IQGSE. Following the
failure of one of the power amplifiers, the dissemination trials via
HRIT/LRIT channels are suspended for an indefinite period pending the
outcome of the failure enquiry board.
After the successful launch of MSG-1 and its injection in transfer
orbit by Arianespace, the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC)
controlled MSG-1, and through several motor firings placed it into
geosynchronous orbit and controlled it until handover to EUMETSAT in
late September, at which time commissioning began.
EUMETSAT has made the MSG first images available via the Website and
will continue to provide raw SEVIRI images in the same way. The first
trials of rectified images (level 1.5 data) will be made available via
this way also. Fore more details see:
Details of Commissioning
27 September 2002:
MSG-1 weather satellite ready for commissioning.
The first of EUMETSAT's new generation of weather satellites, MSG-1,
has arrived on station at 10.5°W in geostationary orbit at 36,000
kilometres above the Earth. Fore more details see: News on
ESA web page
29.08.02: MSG was succesfully launched with
Ariane5, for details see ESA
web
page
07/08.2002: The MSG-1 launch date is now scheduled for 27 August
2002
at 22h30 UTC (i.e. 19h30 Kourou time and 28th August 00h30 Central
European
Time), as result of the planning consolidation of the Ariane-5 launches
in
the period. The first part of the satellite preparation for launch has
been
completed on schedule. The satellite is now ready for the next steps,
fuelling
and combined operation activities with the co-passenger. In the
meantime,
in view of the slippage of the launch date, the satellite is being
stored
for about one month up to the end of July. The integration and testing
of
the MSG Ground Segment and operation preparation activities are running
at
full speed. For details see the
EUMETSAT web-page or the Ariancespace
web-page .
Any changes to this planning will be notified via the
EUMETSAT web-page .
Details of the Ariane 5 flight 155 are now available, see Details
of launch sequence .
Problems with ARIANE5
13.07.2001: ESA's ARTEMIS telecommunications satellite was
left stranded in a lower than expected orbit due to a malfunction in
the upper stage of the Ariane 5 launcher.
25 July 2001 Artemis recovery operation continuing
successfully Ground control in Fucino, Italy - the operations
team and system engineers of the Altel (Alenia Spazio-Telespazio)
consortium, supported by ESA specialists - reports that since
last night (Tuesday 24 July) ESA's Artemis satellite has been
successfully positioned in its circular parking orbit at about 31000
km.
25 October 2001 Artemis is still safely orbiting
the Earth Artemis, ESA's newest telecommunications and navigation
satellite, is in good
health and orbiting the Earth at an altitude of 31 000 km.
Further details on
http://www.esa.int/artemislaunch/
Plan drawn up to meet recommendations of enquiry into Flight
142 - 7 August 2001
The independent Inquiry Board, set up by Arianespace to examine
the reason why the recent Flight 142 did not successfully complete
its mission, has now submitted its findings. Arianespace
reports today that the board has pinpointed the causes for the anomaly
and recommended corrective measures. All of the recommendations have
been accepted and will be applied as quickly as possible. Further
details on
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/ESA3OG1VMOC_index_0.html
Arianespace launches continue
Arianespace is continuing its launch activities at Europe's
spaceport in French Guiana with the next mission, Flight 143, which
will use an Ariane 4 to orbit the Intelsat 902 communications
satellite.
Flight 143 is now scheduled for the end of August.
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