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Paul Blythe, MTG Programme Manager at ESA, talks about the importance of lightning detectors on meteorological satellites and how the Lightning Imager mounted on the Meteosat Third Generation-Imager will provide a new capability for European meteorological satellites. The Lightning Imager provides the continuous monitoring of more than 80% of Earth’s disc for detecting lightning discharges taking place either between clouds or from cloud and ground.