The MSG Data Manager at work!

The animation below shows 15 minutes of the MSG Data Manager at work, speeded up by about 25 times. We start with the full images from the previous scan (or cycle), and as the new scan progresses, the old images are cleared away one by one. You will see the images build up in strips (segments) starting with the tall HRV image on the bottom right-hand side of the screen-shot. Only one segment is transmitted at a time, but the program blocks updates to improve efficiency.