MTG-S1 (sounding) Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - MTG-S1 (sounding) -

Full Name

Meteosat Third Generation - Sounding Satellite 1

Status

Approved

Mission Agencies

EUMETSAT , COM , ESA

Launch Date

Jun 2025

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

Jan 2036

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

1436 minutes

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

35779 km

Orbit Longitude

0 deg

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

Supporting European atmospheric composition and air quality monitoring services. MTG S1 carries the Sentinel-4 A mission.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	UVN (Sentinel-4)
	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	IRS
	Atmospheric Winds	IRS
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	IRS, UVN (Sentinel-4)
	Cloud particle properties and profile	UVN (Sentinel-4)
	Ozone	IRS, UVN (Sentinel-4)
	Radiation budget	IRS
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	IRS, UVN (Sentinel-4)
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	IRS
Land	Surface temperature (land)	IRS
Ocean	Surface temperature (ocean)	IRS

Mission Instruments

IRS - Infra-Red Sounder

UVN (Sentinel-4) - UV-visible- near infrared imaging spectrometer (Sentinel-4)

OpenSearch Datasets

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