MTG-I1 transport ship arrives in Kourou

MN Toucan carrying the first Meteosat Third Generation satellite, MTG-I1, arrived at the Pariacabo port in Kourou, French Guiana on 29 September 2022 after a two-week voyage across the Atlantic from France. MTG-I1 will spend the next weeks at Europe’s Spaceport being readied for liftoff on an Ariane 5 rocket in December. Once in geostationary orbit, this new satellite, which carries two new extremely sensitive instruments, promises to further bolster Europe's leadership in weather forecasting.

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