Meteosat Programme ESA Mission Patch
Meteosat Programme ESA Mission Patch
This ESA mission patch was designed for the Meteosat programme. Meteosats are a group of meteorological satellites designed to monitor Earth's weather. The programme was set up and operated by ESA to experiment with a type of satellite that could be used by meteorologists and scientists working in climatology and atmospheric physics. After several years of satisfactory operation, the programme was taken over by EUMETSAT (the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites).The patch depicts a Meteosat satellite, similar to the one on display at the National Space Centre. The flags around the outside of the patch are from ESA member states. As more countries have officially joined ESA over the years, the flags present reveals that this patch was produced between 1980 and 1986 - before control of the Meteosat programme was handed over to EUMETSAT.
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Object number
2022-10
Location
Artefact Store
Has this object been into space?
No
Dimension - Dimension, Value, Measurement unit
Width: 10cm
Height: 10cm
Depth: 0.2cm
Material
Cotton
Object Production Date
1980 - 1986
Object Production Notes
Due to the flags on the patch, it is possible to work out that it was produced sometime between 1980 (when Ireland joined, whose flag does feature on the patch) and 1986 (when Austria and Norway officially joined ESA, whose flag is not on this patch).
Object Production Organisation
ESA
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