MSG-3 Launch
July 6, 2012
Carried on an Ariane 5, the latest weather satellite in Europe’s highly successful Meteosat Second Generation series, MSG-3, lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 23:36 CEST on 5 July 2012. The launch of MSG-3 ensures the continuity of meteorological observations to improve weather forecasts from geostationary orbit 36 000 km above Earth. ESA has developed the series of weather satellites in close cooperation with the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Eumetsat. credit: NASA
Topics:
Disaster Accident, Environment, Meteosat, Weather satellites, European Space Agency, Météo-France, Meteosat 8, Ariane, Geostationary orbit, Ariane 5, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
