Hovering in a fixed position 36,000 km above the equator, the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) mission is designed to deliver a rapid stream of data for enhanced weather forecasting.
The image features an MTG-Imager satellite. The MTG system will span more than 20 years and hence comprises six satellites, four MTG-I and two sounding satellites, MTG-S. In full operations, the mission will comprise two MTG-I satellites and one MTG-S satellites working in tandem. The remaining satellites will eventually replace those in the first set.