Media programme announced for MTG-I2 weather satellite launch on Ariane 6
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ESA and Eumetsat invite media representatives to register interest in attending the launch of the Meteosat Third Generation Imager-2 (MTG-I2) weather satellite, scheduled to launch aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana no earlier than late August. MTG-I2 is the third satellite in the MTG constellation, designed to provide high-resolution weather imagery from geostationary orbit — a first for an Ariane 6 mission.
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Twitter / XMedia programme announced for MTG-I2 weather satellite launch on Ariane 6esa.intKey quotes
· 3 pulledMedia representatives are invited to express their interest in attending the media programme for the launch of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Imager weather satellite, MTG-I2, at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
MTG-I2 will be launched on board an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana no earlier than the last week of August, to be placed in geostationary orbit, a first for an Ariane 6.
MTG-I2 is the third satellite to join the MTG constellation for Eumetsat – the first MTG-Imager and the MTG-Sounder are already in orbit.
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