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| | Meteosat - Europe and Earth Observation Systems |
 | | The primary Meteosat payload is a 40-cm diameter, 3-band, imaging radiometer sensitive to visible light (0.5-0.9 µm), IR (10.5-12.5 µm), and water vapor (5.7-7.1 µm). |
 | | Meteosat 4, despite some imaging difficulties encountered early in life (launched in June 1989), was serving as the Meteosat prime spacecraft since its planned replacement, Meteosat 5, was having more serious imaging problems of its own. |
 | | The decision was then made to move Meteosat 5 into the prime location at 0 degrees E in February, 1994, and place Meteosat 4 in standby at 8 degrees W. Meanwhile, Meteosat 6 was left at 10 degrees W to permit the development of corrective measures for the radiometer problem (References 494-499). |
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