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MTG-S1 receives its infrared sounder
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- Title MTG-S1 receives its infrared sounder
- Released: 14/08/2023
- Length 00:01:36
- Language English
- Footage Type Interior Shot
- Copyright OHB
- Description
The video shows the first Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite being equipped with its main instrument, an infrared sounder, at OHB’s facilities in Germany.
Working alongside its MTG-I1 partner satellite, the MTG-S1 will improve atmospheric observations for weather forecasting. The MTG-S1 satellite also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-4, an ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light spectrometer, or UVN for short, to monitor air pollution.
Read full story: Putting the S in the first Meteosat Third Generation Sounder
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