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CGMS 50 YEARS - 1972-2022

CGMS-52 plenary endorses the CGMS high level statement on the global hybrid architecture coordination: to meet operational evolving user needs and respond to the WIGOS 2040 Vision

* CGMS 50 YEARS - 1972-2022 *

CGMS turns 50 years in 2022. It started with geostationary meteorological satellites, gradually expanding to include polar and highly elliptic orbit observations for weather, oceans and climate. CGMS aims to provide an end-to-end system – from providers to the global users community.

Messages by heads of agencies

The story about CGMS

CGMS 50^th anniversary greetings

Special event recording

From setback to support network

As experts come together in Geneva, Switzerland, to celebrate 50 years of CGMS, Mr. Mikael Rattenborg, EUMETSAT’s former Director of Operations, reflects on some of the most striking stories from across the groups history.

Eye of the Tiger

As the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) turns 50, Dr WANG Jingsong, Director-General of the China Meteorological Administration’s National Satellite Meteorological Centre reflects on the collaborative decision to place the Fengyun-3E polar orbiting satellite in an early morning orbit.