Flight 207: Ariane 5 ECA/Echostar-17 - Astrium - EADS
Flight 207: Ariane 5 ECA/Echostar-17 - Astrium - EADS
Flight 207: Ariane 5 ECA/Echostar-17 - Astrium - EADS
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Data relating to <strong>Flight</strong> <strong>207</strong><br />
The satellite<br />
Improved imaging and data transmission performance:<br />
• Improved imaging quality, with a significant rise in the number of observation channels, radiometric<br />
performance and data quantification, plus an increase in the number of repeat cycles.<br />
This capacity makes a substantial contribution to real-time weather forecasting and to digital<br />
forecasting models, without forgetting the environmental and climatology watch.<br />
• The meteorological telecommunications payload, which transmits the images acquired by the<br />
MSG’s optical instrumentation, offers greater data transmission capacity and is more efficient<br />
than that of the first generation of satellites.<br />
These satellites provide two additional missions: relaying of distress signals for the Search &<br />
Rescue (S&R) system and the GERB (Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget) instrument.<br />
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