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Europe's Next-Gen Weather Satellite Sends Back First Images

The MTG-S satellite provides temperature and humidity data every 30 minutes to improve forecasts and storm nowcasting over Europe and northern Africa, ESA said.

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The first images from the new Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder satellite have been presented. It should provide data on temperature and humidity, for more accurate weather forecasting over Europe and northern Africa.

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The data collected by Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (Mtg-S) will allow to make weather forecasts on very superior spatial and temporal scales...

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The images of the Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder (MTG-S) show the Earth seen by its main instrument from geostationary orbit to about 36,000 km from the Earth's surface – Data processed by industrial partners Thales and OHB, under the supervision of Eumetsat and ESA; images produced by Eumetsat The European Space Agency (ESA) has just published the first images of the first satellite Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder (MTG-S), which was put in…

The first images captured by the MTG-S satellite (Meteosat Third Generation – Sounder), of the ESA (European Space Agency), reveal the Earth in undisputed details from the geostationary orbit about 36 thousand kilometres high. Registered on 15 November 2025, images mark significant progress in observing the atmosphere and predicting the time over Europe and nearby regions. The disclosure took place at the European Space Conference in Brussels an…

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The state-of-the-art European weather satellite (Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder) has sent its first images of the Earth, demonstrating how the mission will provide temperature and humidity data to make more accurate weather forecasts in Europe and North Africa.The entry The latest European weather satellite sends its first images was first published in Digital Process.

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The European Space Agency broke the news in Paris, France on Tuesday, January 27, 2026.
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