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Three commercial satellites deliver the EUMETCast service (content varies with satellite service region). Hot Bird-6 at 13 ° E - the original Ku-band service for Europe. Atlantic Bird-3 at 5 ° W covers Africa and Europe (NE parts of S. America and east coast N. America) with a C-band service. NEW Skies NSS-806 at 40 ° W covers all of S. America and most of N. America with a C-band service. These now form part of the expanding GEONETCast service. Hot Bird-6 at 13 ° E - the original Ku-band service for Europe. Atlantic Bird3 at 5 ° W covers Africa and Europe (NE parts of S. America and east coast N. America) with a C-band service. NEW Skies NSS-806 at 40 ° W covers all of S. America and most of N. America with a C-band service.

GEONETCast
With the success of EUMETSAT's (extended) EUMETCast service there is now a move to provide a global service - GEONETCast. China has begun a pre-operational service called FengYunCast in C-band from Asia Star-4 covering all of Asia and much of SW Pacific. NOAA are currently considering a GEONETCast service for S and N America. Details of both the above can be found in the EUMETCast reference document EUM TD-15 here.

Access to EUMETCast data
You may apply for access to EUMETCast services via the new online registration form here and a guide to filling in the form can be found here. (Licensing procedures changed during 2006 and many national Met. Offices no longer issue 'paper licences.' EUMETSAT now deal with applications via their online registration form).

Meteosat-8 (MSG-1)
From 1st June to 31st August 2007 Meteosat-8 will operate in Rapid Scan mode [RSS] for the Convective and Orographically-induced Precipitation Study (COPS).

Meteosat-9 (MSG-2)
Meteosat-9 is now the primary operational satellite at 0°.

Meteosat-5
Meteosat-5 at 63° E a very old satellite (launched March 1991), well past its service life gave a long reliable service for the Indian Ocean Data Coverage (IODC) but was retired in early 2007 and booted into a graveyard orbit

Meteosat-7
Meteosat-7 is the 'new' [launched September 1997] IODC primary satellite after its move from 0° to 57° E during 2006.

Meteosat-6
Meteosat-6 which had been providing the 10 minute Rapid Scan Service (RSS, disseminated via EUMETCast) from 10° E was moved first quarter 2007 to the Indian Ocean region as back-up satellite for Meteosat-7 IODC.

MetOp-A
Metop-A launched on October 19th 2006 is operational and global AVHRR coverage is being disseminated via EUMETCast. Owing to a problem with the 137.10 MHz direct read-out LRPT downlink this service has been terminated for the operational life of this craft.

NOAA-17
The NOAA morning operational polar orbiter - APT on 137.62 MHz.

NOAA-18
The NOAA afternoon operational polar orbiter - APT on 137.100 MHz.

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