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| Satellite  | Number of SRFs/channels | Date of first channel | Date of last channel |
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| Meteosat-2 |           78            |      1982   078       |      1991   303      |
| Meteosat-3 |           20            |      1988   348       |      1991   123      |
| Meteosat-4 |           37            |      1989   213       |      1994   033      |
| Meteosat-5 |          126            |      1991   123       |      2006   348      |
| Meteosat-6 |           11            |      1997   033       |      1998   123      |
| Meteosat-7 |          157            |      1997   258       |      2017   078      |
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NB Dates are given as "year / day of year".