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Meteosat: Weather Satellite

One of our key artefacts has become the main feature of a brand-new exhibition. Meteosat-7, an EUMETSAT weather satellite, takes pride of place in the heart of our Orbiting Earth gallery. It is the exact replica of a satellite that spent 11 years orbiting around 35,000km above the planet’s surface. In April 2017 Meteosat-7 was officially retired and moved to a ‘graveyard orbit’ above working satellites. Once its twin was safely in orbit, we were offered the 320 kg artefact to display in the Orbiting Earth gallery, an area dedicated to telling the story of how space science supports everyday life here on Earth. As it is a fully-working satellite, we had to promise to never launch it into space! Discover more about Meteosat-7 and the current weather satellites in orbit at the National Space Centre. https://spacecentre.co.uk/