Watch Powerful Ariane 6 Rocket Launch European Weather Satellite to Orbit Today
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The good weather conditions in the European Space Port in Kourou have finally allowed the launch of the new Meteosat satellite. More information: MTG-I2, the Meteosat satellite that ESA will launch this Thursday: scans Europe every 2.5 minutes and detects lightning
A new satellite is being launched tonight. With it, European weather services hope to predict the likelihood of severe weather even better.
The Ariane 6 rocket will place in orbit this Thursday, August 27 a new tool for monitoring climate from space, MTG-I2, which will provide more frequent and accurate images, allowing live monitoring of extreme events made more common by global warming.
Watch powerful Ariane 6 rocket launch European weather satellite to orbit today
Europe's most powerful rocket will fly today (Aug. 27), and you can watch the action live. An Ariane 6 is scheduled to launch the MTG-I2 weather satellite from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana today (Aug. 27), during a 2.5-hour window that opens at 4:10 p.m. EDT (2010 GMT; 5:10 p.m. local time in Kourou). You can watch it live here at Space.com, courtesy of Arianespace, the French company that operates the Ariane 6. Coverage will begi…
This evening, Ariane 6 attacks a new destination for her 9th flight: the geostationary transfer orbit. A strategic launch for Europe, to be followed live, which must prove the ability of the new launcher to succeed Ariane 5 with dignity. On 27 August 2026, Ariane 6 aims for the first time the orbit of
Tonight, Ariane 6 is due to launch towards the geostationary orbit for the very first time. Follow with us, live, the take-off of the MTG-I2 weather satellite from Kourou.
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