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Mission	Comprises four MTG-Imager satellites and two MTG-Sounder satellites

MTG Imagers
Satellites	Three-axis stabilised satellites, each weighing 3600 kg (including almost 2 tonnes of fuel)
Dimensions	2.3 x 2.8 x 5.2 m (stowed for launch)
Instruments	Flexible Combined Imager (FCI), Lightning Imager (LI), Data Collection and Retransmission Service, Geostationary Search and Rescue Relay (DCS/GEOSAR)
Power	2 kW
Life	Nominal design life 8.5 years (with fuel to last for >10.7 years)
MTG Sounders
Satellites	Three-axis stabilised satellites, each weighing 3800 kg (including fuel)
Dimensions	2.3 x 2.8 x 5.2 m (stowed for launch)
Instruments	Infrared Sounder (IRS), Copernicus Sentinel-4 ultraviolet visible & near-infrared mission (UVN)
Power	2 kW
Life	Nominal design life 8.5 years (with fuel to last for >10.7 years)

Prime contractor	Thales Alenia Space for overall programme and MTG-I satellite; OHB for MTG-S satellite
Project and commissioning	Satellite design and development and recurrent satellite builds managed at ESA’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in the Netherlands (on behalf Eumetsat)
Launchers	Ariane 5 from Kourou, French Guiana

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