MTG-S1 satellite hosting the Sentinel-4 instrument is ready for liftoff

MTG-S1 satellite hosting the Sentinel-4 instrument is ready for liftoff

The Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite, which is hosting the instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, has been placed inside the nose cone of the Falcon 9 launch rocket and is ready for the scheduled liftoff at 23:03 CEST on Tuesday, 1 July.

EUMETSAT’s Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) satellite will make a crucial contribution – SatNews

Set to be launched this July, the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) satellite will make a crucial contribution to doing just that. The first European satellite in geostationary orbit to carry a hyperspectral sounder, its instruments will complement those of the first satellite in the MTG fleet, Meteosat-12. Once in orbit, these two MTG satellites will follow the Earth as it rotates, remaining in their shared orbital slot about 36,000k…