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This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product MSG-2 Meteosat weather satellite preparations. Meteosat second generation-2 (MSG-2) weather satellite being prepared for launch in December 2005. The satellite is being mated on top of its Ariane 5 launcher in the Final Assembly Building (BAF) of the Ariane Launch Complex number 3 (ELA-3) at the Guiana Space Centre, Europe's space port in Kourou, French Guiana. MSG-2 is the second of four MSG satellites. It was launched on top of an Ariane 5 rocket on 21 December 2005. It transmits detailed meteorological images to Earth every 15 minutes. It is a joint project by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European organisation for the exploitation of meteorological satellites (EUMETSAT).
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