Objectives and Applications
Meteorology, climatology, atmospheric dynamics/water and energy cycles.
Full Name
Meteosat Third Generation - Imaging Satellite 1
aka Meteosat-12
Mission Status
Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
13 Dec 2022
Mission Links
EOL Date
May 2033
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
1436 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
0.7 deg
Orbit Altitude
35779 km
Orbit Longitude
-3.4 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
FCI - Flexible Combined Imager |
| LI - Lightning Imager |
| 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 |
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