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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - MTG-I1 (imaging) -

Full Name

Meteosat Third Generation - Imaging Satellite 1

Status

Approved

Mission Agencies

EUMETSAT , ESA

Launch Date

Dec 2018

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

Jun 2026

EO Portal Info

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

36000 km

Orbit Longitude

0 deg

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology, climatology, Atmospheric dynamics/water and energy cycles.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	FCI
	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	FCI
	Atmospheric Winds	FCI
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	FCI
	Cloud particle properties and profile	FCI
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	FCI
	Ozone	FCI
	Radiation budget	FCI
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	FCI
	Lightning Detection	LI
Land	Vegetation	FCI
	Surface temperature (land)	FCI
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	FCI
Ocean	Surface temperature (ocean)	FCI
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	FCI
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	FCI

Mission Instruments

FCI - Flexible Combined Imager


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