UPDATE: Join us to celebrate! Launch of the Meteosat Third Generation – Sounder1 satellite, hosting the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission
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UPDATE: Join us to celebrate! Launch of the Meteosat Third Generation – Sounder1 satellite, hosting the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission

01/07/2025 - 01/07/2025 European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)

EUMETSAT, ESA and the European Commission, together with European partners, are pleased to invite you to celebrate the launches of the Meteosat Third Generation – Sounder 1 (MTG-S1) satellite, hosting the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission.

MTG-S1 will be the first operational European sounder satellite in a geostationary orbit. It will observe the atmosphere at hyperspectral resolution using its Infrared Sounder, which provides temperature and humidity profiles to complement data from satellites such as MTG-I. It also carries the European Union’s Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission. As the second satellite in the next-generation Meteosat programme, it will enhance nowcasting and weather forecasting by improving the tracking of rapidly changing weather systems.

MTG-S1 will provide European weather services with completely new data to enable the development of cutting-edge applications and empower citizens, societies and economies to become more resilient against climate changes.

Members of the media are invited to REGISTER HERE to the European launch event that will take place at EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany on 1 July 2025

Programme
All day Tours of the campus and requests for filming and interviews, as requested by the media
20:15 Doors open for the launch event
23:03 LIFT OFF * (launch window starts at 23:03)
00:30 Depending on the actual launch time, the event should finish at approx. 00:30

About EUMETSAT
EUMETSAT, Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, monitors the weather and climate from space. Based in Darmstadt, Germany, EUMETSAT provides its 30 member states with meteorological imagery and data that are essential for keeping their communities safe and for the benefit of critical sectors of their economies.

EUMETSAT’s 30 member states are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Türkiye and the United Kingdom.

For more information, see the EUMETSAT website.


01/07/2025 - 01/07/2025 European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
Regions: Europe, Germany
Keywords: Science, Public Dialogue - science, Earth Sciences, Environment - science, People in science, Space Science

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