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EUMETSAT and Africa

European meteorological satellites at the service of Africa

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It’s a fact<br />

<strong>EUMETSAT</strong> provides 16 megabits of data<br />

per second via its EUMETCast system to<br />

<strong>Africa</strong>n meteorological services, climate<br />

researchers <strong>and</strong> others. <strong>EUMETSAT</strong>’s<br />

Meteosat satellites in geostationary<br />

orbit have had a continuous view of the<br />

continent for 40 years.<br />

Right: Image of Tropical Cyclone<br />

Vardah crossing the Gulf of<br />

Bengal, as captured by<br />

<strong>EUMETSAT</strong>'s Meteosat-8<br />

satellite on 19 December 2016<br />

at 06:00 UTC

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