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progbitslast Saturday at 7:49 PM1 replyview on HN

I had doubts about the "parked at exactly 0°00'00"N 0°00'00"E", thinking it was over Null Island just because the data wasn't updated yet and it was showing uninitialized values.

But you are right, [1] confirms "0° longitude".

[1] https://user.eumetsat.int/resources/user-guides/mtg-in-opera...


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dmurrayyesterday at 12:43 PM

That specifies its position to about 30 metres of precision.

Presumably it's an intentional choice to put it at such a round number, rather than any scientific benefit over it being, say, 10km west or east.

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