1. EUMETSAT Geostationary Programmes
Joaquin Gonzalez on behalf of
Ernst Koenemann
Director Programme Development

2. EUMETSAT’s geostationary satellite coverage
Meteosat-9 (0° Longitude)
Meteosat-8 (9.5° E)
Meteosat-7 (57.5° E)
Meteosat-6 (67.5° E)
60 S 80
160
140
120
100 80 60 40 20 20 40 60
100
120
140
160
180

3. EUMETSAT space segment and Launch Schedule

4. Geostationary satellites
Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)
consists of a series of four geostationary weather satellites
scheduled to operate consecutively until 2018
provides important image data on European weather on a daily basis, every 15 minutes through 12 spectral bands
Meteosat-9 (in operation since 2006) provides data collection and environmental monitoring data
Meteosat-8 (in operation since 2004) provides Rapid Scan Service (RSS) images every five minutes
RSS delivers image data and meteorological products for the detection of rapidly developing localised convective weather systems.

5. Meteosat Third Generation, MTG – The Observations Missions
From the Instruments on board the MTG - I satellites:
the Full Disk High Spectral resolution Imagery (FDHSI) mission,
the High spatial Resolution Fast refresh Imagery (HRFI) mission,
the Lightning Imagery (LI) mission,
From the Instruments on board the MTG-S satellites:
the InfraRed Sounding (IRS) mission,
the GMES Sentinel - 4 (S4) sounding mission.

6. Flexible Combined (FC) Imager
The Flexible Combined Imager supports the FDHSI and HRFI missions.
Basic repeat cycle of 10 min Full Disk coverage
The Local Area Coverage zone can be positioned anywhere over the Full Disk Coverage. Possible repeat cycle of 10/2, 10/3 or 10/4 minutes, with the coverage reduced proportionally.
Challenges compared to MSG:
improved Spatial Resolution ( km)
faster basic repeat cycle (brc = 10 min)
better spectral coverage (more channels)
improved spectral accuracy
improved radiometric accuracy

7. (*) ext dyn range for fire applic
Meteosat Imaging Requirements evolution
Meteosat 1 st
Generation
Meteosat 2 nd
Generation
Meteosat 3 rd
Generation
'Core'
Central
Width
Spatial
Central
Width
Spatial
Central
Width
Spatial
channels
wavelength
(FWHM)
Sampling
wavelength
(FWHM)
Sampling
wavelength
(FWHM)
Sampling ( m m) ( m m)
(km) ( m m) ( m m)
(km) ( m m) ( m m)
(km) FC -
VIS 0.4
0.444
0.06
1.0 FC -
VIS 0.5
**HRV
0.510
0.04
1.0
1.0** FC -
VIS 0.6 0. 7
0.35
2.5
0.635
0.08
0.640
0.05
3.0 FC -
VIS 0.8
0.81
0.07
3.0
0.865
0.05
1.0 FC -
NIR 0.9
0.914
0.02
1.0 FC -
NIR 1.3 1.
380
0.03
1.0 FC -
NIR 1.6
1.64
0.14
3.0
1.61
0.05
1.0 FC -
NIR 2.2
2.25
0.05 FC -
IR 3.8 *
3.9
0.44
3.0
3.8
0.40 FC -
IR 6.3
6.1
1.3
5.0
6.2
1.0
3.0
6.3
1.00
2.0 FC -
IR 7.3
7.35
0.5
3.0
7.35
0.50
2.0 FC -
* Dynamical range of FC-IR 3.8 and FC-IR 8.7 channels extended to serve fire community
8 solar channels and 8 thermal long wave channels
enhancement of the high resolution visible channel 0,6 ucron
2,26 ucron channel added for cloud microphysics ( particle size and aerosols)
increased dynamical ranhe for the 3,8 and 8,5 channel for fire detection
All vcannels < 3.8 see the refelcted sun strahlung
New application for Aerosol in the short wave channels and 0.510
And the 2.25 um for particel size
IR 8.7 *
8.7
0.4
3.0
8.7
0.40
2.0 FC -
IR 9.7
9.66
0.3
3.0
9.66
0.30
2.0 FC -
IR 10.5
11.5
1.9
5.0
10.8
1.0
3.0
10.5
0.7 FC -
IR 12.3
12.0
1.0
3.0
12.3
0.5
2.0 FC -
IR 13.3
13.4
1.0
3.0
13.3
0.60
2.0
(*) ext dyn range for fire applic
Repeat Cycle :
30 min
15 min
10 min

8. MTG IR Sounding Mission
Priorities IRS Mission
Atmospheric dynamic variables with high vertical resolution (e.g. water vapour flux, wind profile, transport of pollutant gases)
More frequent information on Temperature and Humidity profiles for NWP (regional and global)
Monitoring of instability / early warning of convective intensity
Cloud microphysical structure
support chemical weather and air quality applications
Hyperspectral IR sounding with focus
on time evolution of vertically resolved water vapour structures

9. MTG IR Sounding Mission
Repeat sequence selectable from four Local Area Coverage (LAC) zones.
Each LAC zone covers a quarter of the Full Disc Coverage (FDC),
described by a circle of 17.7° centred on the Sub-Satellite Point (SSP)
LAC zone can be positioned anywhere over the FDC.
A LAC zone is scanned within 15 minutes. The full disc is scanned in 60 Minutes
Spectral resolution 0,62 1/cm Wavenumber
Spatail resolution 4 km
1800 channels

10. MTG Lightning Mission
The LI continuously monitors lightning flashes - In Cloud (IC), Cloud to Cloud (CC), and Cloud to Ground (CG) - during day and night, covering an area of the earth disk within a circle of 16° in diameter subtended from the geo-stationary position and shifted northward to cover EUMETSAT member states.
Detection efficiency maximised over Europe [DE=90% for E > 10 mJ.m-2.sr-1 over Europe and 70% elsewhere - to be assessed for energies below 10 mJ.m-2.sr-1]
On ground correction for achieving the specified False Alarm Rate [350/s with 50% cloud cover and 80% albedo (worst case conditions). FAR=2/s after level 1b processing on ground ]

11. MTG UVN- S4 Mission for Atmospheric Chemistry
The GMES Sentinel -4 (S4) sounding mission is achieved through the Ultraviolet, Visible & Near-infrared (UVN) Instrument accommodated on the MTG-S satellites
covering Europe every hour
taking measurements in three spectral bands (UV: nm; VIS: nm, NIR: nm)
with a resolution around 8km.
The primary data products are O3, NO2, SO2, HCHO and aerosol optical depth. In addition the MTG-IRS is expected to provide information on O3 and CO.

12. MTG in Orbit deployment, Status September 2010
MTG-I-1
MTG-I-2
MSG-4
MTG-I-3
MTG-I-4
MTG-S-1 with S4
MTG-S-2 with S4
At least 20 years of Operational Service – Imaging Missions
15.5 years of Operational Service – Sounding Missions
Dec-17
Dec-22
Jan-26
Dec-30
Jun-19
Jun-27

13. MTG in Orbit Configuration
The payload complement of the MTG-I satellite consists of:
the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI)
the Lightning Imager (LI)
the Data Collection System (DCS) and Search and Rescue (GEOSAR)
The payload complement of the MTG-S satellite consists of:
the Infrared Sounder (IRS)
the Ultra-violet, Visible and Near Infrared Sounder (UVN). UVN is provided as GMES Sentinel 4 Instruments
MTG-I Imaging Satellite
MTG-S Sounding Satellite

14. MTG – Overall system configuration - overview
satellites -
nominal operational configuration
two MTG-I
one MTG-S
Ground segment –
MCC (Mission Control Centre) is the aggregate of the Ground Segment elements at the central site.
Satellites P/L
MTG-I :
FCI, LI , plus
DCS, and SAR
MTG-S: IRS , UVN

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