Ariane 5 VA224

Launch of Ariane 5 VA224 on 15 July 2015 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, carrying the last weather satellite in Europe’s highly successful Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) series. The MSG satellites provide full-disc images over Europe and Africa every 15 minutes and ‘rapid scan’ imagery over Europe every five minutes. They are operated by Eumetsat – the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites – and ESA is responsible for their design, development and in-orbit delivery