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Satellites MTG. Artwork

auteur: ESA/P.Carril/Novapix

référence: e-sot06-91003

Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 22 cm

Artist view of european meteorological satellites MTG (Meteosat Third Generation). MTG will be three-axis stabilised and based on a twin-satellite concept. Under this concept, there will be two types of satellites, one for imaging (MTG-I) and one for sounding (MTG-S). The development programme will last from 2009 until 2020.

Keywords for this photo:

2009 - ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE - EARTH - EARTH FROM SPACE - EARTH OBSERVATION SATELLITE - GEOSTATIONARY - ILLUSTRATION - METEOROLOGY - METEOSAT - MTG - Sentinel-4 - SOLAR PANEL - SPACE -