Geostationary:	Meteosat	GOES	MTSAT	FY-2	GOMS	Kalpana
Polar:	NOAA	NOAA orbits	QuikSCAT	Meteor	FY-1

Meteosat

Meteosat 8: 0°

Operator: EUMETSAT

Launch date: 03/1991 (Meteosat 5), 08/2002 (Meteosat 8 MSG-1)

Type of orbit: Geostationary

The radiometer scans the earth's surface line by line; each line consists of a series of individual image elements or pixels. For each pixel the radiometer measures the radiative energy of the different spectral bands. This measurement is digitally coded and transmitted to the ground station for pre-processing before being disseminated to the user community.

Meteosat 5: 63°E

Meteosat 8 : MSG-1 (Meteosat Second Generation)

Pictures are taken at 15 minutes intervals.

SEVIRI (spinning enhanced visible and infrared imager)
Kanal	Wavelength (µm)	Resolution at the subsatellite point
VIS 0.6	0.56 - 0.71	3 km
VIS 0.8	0.74 - 0.88	3 km
NIR 1.6	1.50 - 1.78	3 km
IR 3.9	3.48 - 4.36	3 km
WV 6.2	5.35 - 7.15	3 km
WV 7.3	6.85 - 7.85	3 km
IR 8.7	8.30 - 9.1	3 km
IR 9.7	9.38 - 9.94	3 km
IR 10.8	9.80 - 11.80	3 km
IR 12.0	11.00 - 13.00	3 km
IR 13.4	12.40 - 14.40	3 km
HRV	0.4 - 1.1	1 km

Meteosat 5

Kanal	Wavelength (µm)	Resolution at the subsatellite point
görünür	0.45 - 1.00	2.5 km
kızılötesi	10.5 - 12.5	5 km
subuhari	5.7 - 7.1	5 km

Pictures are taken at 30 minutes intervals.

Geostationary:	Meteosat	GOES	MTSAT	FY-2	GOMS	Kalpana
Polar:	NOAA	NOAA orbits	QuikSCAT	Meteor	FY-1