Geostationary
METEOSAT-12 (MTG-I1)
Geostationary Weather (Next Gen) · EUMETSAT / ESA
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Europe's generational leap in geostationary meteorology. MTG-I1's Lightning Imager is the first ever on a European weather satellite, detecting every lightning flash across Europe, Africa, and the Atlantic simultaneously. Meteorologists say it extends severe weather warning lead times by 30 minutes — 30 minutes that can mean the difference between shelter and exposure in a violent storm.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Geostationaryappears to hang motionless over one spot on the equator
- Altitude
- 22,232–22,251 mi (35,779–35,810 km)
- Inclination
- 0.7°
- One orbit
- 23.9 hoursabout one orbit a day
- NORAD ID
- 54743
- Int’l designator
- 2022-170C
- Launched
- 2022
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 22 Sep 2026.