On 13.12.2022 (next Tuesday), ESA (European Space Agency) and EUMETSAT (European Organization for the exploitation of Meteorological satellites) invite you to ‘live’ broadcast from the launch of the next generation MTG-I1 (Meteosat third Generation – Imager 1) meteorological satellite from the European Space Center in Kourou (French Guiana). 

The launch of the first MTG series geostationary satellite is the beginning of a new era in Earth observation. A set of modern instruments on board the satellite will allow early detection of fast-developing thunderstorms, advanced weather forecasting and climate monitoring of our planet. MTG satellites are one of the most modern satellite systems of the type that has been built to date to provide and ensure the uninterrupted supply of satellite weather data for the next twenty years.

There are two ultra-modern imaging instruments on board of the satellite: The FCI (Flexible Combined Imager) and LI (Lightning Imager). The first will provide information on the Earth's atmosphere, land, seas and oceans in 16 spectral channels in 10-minute time step, the second one is the first European instrument to detect atmospheric discharges within the Earth's atmosphere both day and night (visual band). Both cover the entire Earth’s hemisphere in their Field of View (Full Disc observation and detection). 

The PhD student of the Doctoral School of Exact and Natural Sciences of Jagiellonian University was also involved in the preparation of the Lightning Imager mission. He has been involved in the creation of the instrument, it’s testing, and is now involved in the development of satellite products from the LI and the supervision of its work during the orbital phase.

We invite you to watch the broadcast from the launch of MTG-I1 on Tuesday at 20:00 local time - link: https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/ESA_Web_TV
The broadcast is going to take 3 hours, but the moment when the Ariane 5 rocket will be lifted off is expected to be at 21:30.