Meteosat 4, 5, 6's payload



Multispectral Radiometer


Wavebands 0.4-1.1 µm (visible)
5.7-7.1 µm (IR): water vapor absorption
10.5-12.5 µm (thermal IR)
Resolution visible: 2.5 km
others: 5 km
Image repeat frequency 30 minutes (3 bands)
Telemetry - Data UHF- and S-band (1 transponder per band)
Data rate 333 kbps (normal), 2.7 Mbps (burst)

MMD (Meteorological Data Dissemination)


Channel frequencies digital high resolution (HR): 1694.5 MHz
analogue weather facsimile (WEFAX): 1691 MHz
MDD (A & B) 1.695.77 +/- 0.165 MHz