Aging Meteosat-7 Is Latest in Series of Eumetsat Craft Covering Indian Ocean Region

Eumetsat will place Meteosat-7 into a retirement orbit in April 2017 by assuring that it retains enough residual fuel to climb several hundred kilometers above the geostationary-orbit belt. The post Aging Meteosat-7 Is Latest in Series of Eumetsat Craft Covering Indian Ocean Region appeared first on SpaceNews.com.