MSG-1/EARS Service - Diary of Events

2003
March 15 - sent completed form to EUMETSAT
March 17 - Hardware despatched
March 19 - T-systems contact me with price for Tellique software
March 19 - Ordered Tellique software by e-mail
March 20 - installed DVB card in PC
March 21 - Antenna installed
March 24 - Username/password arrived from EUMETSAT
March 26 - Tellique software arrives
March 26 - First data received
April 30 - MSG-1 HRIT data dissemination starts
July 07 - MSG-1 LRIT data dissemination starts
July 29 - MSG-1 Foreign Satellite Data (FSD) starts
August 05 - FSD format changed to use lossless wavelet compression
August 22 - Yahoo group for MSG-1 started
October 29 - High Resolution Visible (HRV) data changed to lossless compression
November 25 - Indian Ocean Data Coverage (IODC from Meteosat-5) data added to LRIT data stream
December 9..11 - mini-scan tests with 3-minute and 5-minute repeat cycles
December 15..16 - more 3-minute mini-scan tests (planned)