EUMETSAT Annual Report 2022
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<strong>EUMETSAT</strong> ANNUAL REPORT <strong>2022</strong><br />
<strong>2022</strong><br />
highlights<br />
First MTG Imager<br />
successfully launches<br />
At 21:30 (CET), on 13 December, Meteosat<br />
Third Generation – Imager 1 was successfully<br />
launched from Kourou, French Guiana, on an<br />
Ariane 5 rocket. <strong>EUMETSAT</strong> took control of the<br />
satellite on 28 December, after a 15-day launch<br />
and early operations phase, led by Telespazio.<br />
The satellite will undergo a 12-month<br />
commissioning phase, before becoming<br />
operational at the end of 2023.<br />
Data users prepare for<br />
next-generation systems<br />
About 200 users of <strong>EUMETSAT</strong> data –<br />
meteorologists, climate experts and researchers<br />
– met in Darmstadt on 31 May – 2 June, to prepare<br />
for the use of data from MTG and <strong>EUMETSAT</strong><br />
Polar System – Second Generation. The event<br />
was designed to encourage research into, and<br />
development of, innovative uses of the systems’<br />
data. The event was part of <strong>EUMETSAT</strong>’s ongoing<br />
work with national meteorological and hydrological<br />
services to prepare to make best use of the data<br />
once available. The full report from the event is<br />
available here - www.eumetsat.int/media/50569<br />
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