MTG-S2 (sounding) Satellite Mission Summary

Supporting European atmospheric composition and air quality monitoring services. MTG S2 carries the Sentinel-4 B mission.

Full Name

Meteosat Third Generation - Sounding Satellite 2

Mission Status

Approved

Mission Agencies

EUMETSAT , COM , ESA

Launch Date

Dec 2035

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

Jun 2046

EO Portal Info

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

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

IRS - Infra-Red Sounder

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

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

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