Because the satellite is stationary it is possible to create an animation of images as they are received and here explore the movement of weather systems. These are called Total World images - coded as CTOT, DTOT and ETOT respectively. The Total World images are cut into 9 segments for transmission at higher resolutions. In order to receive data from Meteosat you will need to have a fixed dish antenna mounted with a clear facing aspect to 0 deg. This is connected to a receiver and then to a PC running a suitable APT software package.
Geostationary satellites can see each other and so can transmit data from one to another.
From Meteosat we can also receive retransmitted data from the Russian satellite GOMS, the Japanese satellite GMS and the American satellite GOES East which gives us coverage around the world. Geostationary satellites provide the kind of continuous monitoring necessary for intensive data analysis. The images produced by these satellites are processed in real time, distributed in digital form to forecasting centres for archival and to the media for weather forecasts. The majority of the geostationary weather satellites have the primary mission of imaging their hemisphere. This data is relayed back to earth in a very high-density digital format that requires specialised equipment for reception and display.