CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - MTG-S2 (sounding) -
Full Name Meteosat Third Generation - Sounding Satellite 2 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 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 S2 carries the Sentinel-4 B mission.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols 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
LandSurface temperature (land) IRS
OceanSurface temperature (ocean) IRS
Mission Instruments
IRS - Infra-Red Sounder
UVN (Sentinel-4) - UV-visible- near infrared imaging spectrometer (Sentinel-4)
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