Meteosat geostationary meteorological spacecraft fleet.
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| Forecast entry | Year | Satellites | Orbit | Vehicle | Manufacturer | Mission | Launch likelihood |
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13 linked spacecraft shown.
| Spacecraft | Status | Orbit | Launch date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meteosat 10 | active | GEO | Jul 5, 2012 |
| Meteosat 11 | active | GEO | Jul 15, 2015 |
| Meteosat 12 |
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No public forecast rows are currently linked to this constellation.
| active |
| GEO |
| Dec 13, 2022 |
| Meteosat 13 | active | HEO | Jul 1, 2025 |
| Meteosat 9 | active | GEO | Dec 21, 2005 |
| Meteosat 1 | retired | GEO | Nov 23, 1977 |
| Meteosat 2 | retired | GEO | Jun 19, 1981 |
| Meteosat 3 | retired | GEO | Jun 15, 1988 |
| Meteosat 4 | retired | GEO | Mar 6, 1989 |
| Meteosat 5 | retired | GEO | Mar 2, 1991 |
| Meteosat 6 | retired | GEO | Nov 20, 1993 |
| Meteosat 7 | retired | GEO | Sep 2, 1997 |
| Meteosat 8 | retired | GEO | Aug 28, 2002 |
EUMETSAT operates the Meteosat Third Generation program as Europe’s next-generation geostationary weather satellite fleet.
The satellites in the Meteosat Third Generation constellation are expected to improve the availability and quality of data used by European meteorological services.
MTG-I2 is the second Imager satellite in the Meteosat Third Generation program.
The Meteosat Third Generation program is designed to replace the Meteosat series with more advanced observation capabilities for weather forecasting, atmospheric monitoring, and severe weather management.
Meteosat Third Generation’s second imaging satellite, MTG-I2, left Thales Alenia Space’s clean rooms in Cannes during the night.
Meteosat Third Generation includes six satellites, with four imaging satellites and two atmospheric sounding satellites.
Thales Alenia Space builds the Meteosat Third Generation imaging satellites, while OHB builds the atmospheric sounding satellites.
Thales Alenia Space is the prime contractor for Meteosat Third Generation.
Meteosat Third Generation is a joint ESA and Eumetsat program designed to provide high-resolution weather monitoring until 2040 and beyond.
The Meteosat Third Generation sounding satellites map Earth’s atmosphere in 3D.
The first two Meteosat Third Generation satellites, MTG-I1 and MTG-S1, were launched in December 2022 and July 2025.
Meteorological missions Meteosat Third Generation and Meteosat Second Generation provided key imagery and data used to classify Jolina as a medicane.
MTG-I2 is the second imaging satellite in the Meteosat Third Generation system.
MTG-I2 is the second imaging satellite of the Meteosat Third Generation program.
The Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder mission (MTG-S) includes an infrared sounder to take hyperspectral soundings of the atmosphere.
The Infrared Sounder on Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 is the first European geostationary satellite instrument to carry a hyperspectral infrared sounding capability designed specifically for meteorology.
Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 (MTG S1) is part of the wider MTG constellation that also includes imaging satellites such as Meteosat 12 and lightning imagers.
Both images from the Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder were acquired on 15 December 2025 by the satellite’s infrared sounder instrument.
The Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder captured full-disk Earth images from geostationary orbit at approximately 36,000 kilometers altitude.
Meteosat geostationary satellites have no visibility of higher latitudes, making them unsuitable for Arctic weather forecasting.