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Contents
Preface by Dr. Henri Malcorps,
Chairman of the EUMETSAT Council
page 6
Foreword by Dr. Tillmann Mohr,
Director-General of EUMETSAT
page 9
Introduction
page 10
Chapter 1
Before EUMETSAT, the founding of EUMETSAT
and the first Council meetings
page 19
Chapter 2
EUMETSAT's first Long-Term plan
page 33
Chapter 3
Atlantic Data Coverage (GOES back-up) and the
Amended EUMETSAT Convention
page 39
Chapter 4
The Meteosat Transition Programme and
development of a Long-Term Management Policy
page 47
Chapter 5
Satellite Application Facilities
and the EUMETSAT Ground Segment
page 56
Chapter 6
Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)
page 62
Chapter 7
The EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS)
page 74
Chapter 8
In onclusion
page 93
Annex I
Landmark Resolutions of the first six years
page 96
Annex 2
Important milestones in the evolution of EUMETSAT
page 98
Glossary.
page 105
Chairpersons of EUMETSAT Council and Advisory Committees
page 107
Index
page 108
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