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User Announcement Concerning the Termination of Meteosat-7 Services from 0'

At the end of 2005, subject to the successful launch and commissioning of the MSG-2 (Meteosat-9) satellite, EUMETSAT will terminate the 0' Meteosat-7 services. When the MSG-2 satellite is fully commissioned, the 0' longitude services provided by Meteosat-7 will have been replaced by the new services from 0' provided by the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellite series delivered via EUMETCast.

1. Termination of the 0' WEFAX Service
The final date for the termination of the WEFAX service will be announced in due course, but it is
anticipated that this will take place in December 2005. Users currently operating Secondary Data User
Stations (SDUS) should have migrated to MSG data via EUMETCast by this time.

2. Termination of 0' HRI Service
As with the WEFAX service, a final date has yet to be defined, it is however anticipated that the 0' HRI
service from Meteosat-7 will be terminated on the same day as the WEFAX service in December 2005.
Users currently operating Primary Data User Stations (PDUS) should have migrated to MSG data via
EUMETCast by this time.

Full information is provided in the PDF document from Eumetsat which can be downloaded below.

Meteosat 7 termination (107kb)

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