In order to respond to the increasing need for more frequent and comprehensive space-derived data for weather forecasting, the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and ESA began the development of the Meteosat Second Generation system.
为了满足对更频繁、更全面地提供天气预报天基数据的不断增加的需要，欧洲气象卫星应用组织和欧空局已着手开发欧洲气象卫星第二代系统。