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MTG-I1 Meteosat Third Generation Satellite Fully Loaded

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Tom Patton
Dec 02, 2022
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Europe’s first Meteosat Third Generation Imager (MTG-I1) satellite has been fueled – a critical and extremely hazardous milestone on the road to its planned December 13 launch. Once in geostationary orbit 36,000 km (≈22,300 miles) above the equator, this all-new weather satellite will provide state-of-the art observations of Earth’s atmosphere and real …

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