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The mission

Building on the long-standing partnership between ESA and Eumetsat, Meteosat Third Generation will guarantee the continuity of data for weather forecasting from geostationary orbit for the next two decades. The full MTG system is based on a series of two types of satellite: four MTG-Imagers and two MTG-Sounders. The first satellite, MTG-I1, was launched on 13 December 2022.

The launch

Date: from 2022
Site: Kourou, French Guiana
Rocket: Ariane 5

6 satellite system
4 Imager satellites
2 Sounder satellites
20-year operational life

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The MTG Infrared Sounder prior to integration on MTG-S1

Putting the S in the first Meteosat Third Generation Sounder

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Lightning over Europe

European satellite strikes lightning

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Full Earth disc from the Meteosat Third Generation Imager

New weather satellite reveals spectacular images of Earth

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Air pollution

Earth observation supports latest UN climate report

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Preparing to test Sentinel-4

Sentinel-4 set to join next weather satellite

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Meteosat Third Generation Imager

Media invitation: Meteosat Third Generation Imager-1 launch

Meteosat Third Generation weather satellites

Call for Media: launch of the first MTG satellite MTG-I1

MTG-I1 on the shaker

Call for Media: view MTG-I weather satellite before launch

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Discover Meteosat Third Generation

Meteosat Third Generation weather satellites

Introducing MTG

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MSG-4 in orbit

Solid heritage

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Rainy weather

Forecasting the weather

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Cyclone Amphan making landfall over Bangladesh

Weathering the storm

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Observing fast-evolving weather with MTG

Satellite constellation

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FCI at Test Centre

Flexible Combined Imager

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MTG to monitor lightning

Lightning Imager

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MTG Infrared Sounder

Infrared Sounder

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Testing MTG imager

Facts and figures

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MTG-I and MTG-S

Team talk: 10 things about Meteosat Third Generation

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Documents and publications

Meteosat Third Generation Imager-1 fact sheet

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