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		diggan 6 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Europe's first geostationary sounder satellite is ... > edit: Also, I'm now confused about the ESA's claim to be the "first", because I think you might have misread the title, "Europe’s first [...]" > Is there a more technical article describing this hyperspectral instrument somewhere? https://space.oscar.wmo.int/instruments/view/irs has an short overview Then this document provides an introduction (+ details) about the MTG-IRS program in general: https://user.eumetsat.int/s3/eup-strapi-media/MTG_IRS_L2_ATB...

perihelions 6 days ago [–]

> "I think you might have misread the title,"

No; I'm quoting the esa.int article verbatim. The eumetsat.int article qualifies "...over Europe", but the esa.int does not. I suspect esa.int is just mistaken.

dylan604 6 days ago | [–]

Clearly, if it’s not European, it doesn’t count.

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