On 28 August, the MTG-I2 (Meteosat Third Generation Imager-2) satellite lifted off from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou aboard an Ariane 6 rocket, on the launcher's ninth mission and its first flight to a geostationary transfer orbit. With this launch, ESA and Eumetsat complete the first operational trio in the Meteosat Third Generation constellation, stationed 36,000 kilometres above the equator to keep constant watch on Europe's weather, the Mediterranean and North Africa.
To understand what this satellite really changes, we spoke to someone who has spent decades interpreting satellite images in his day-to-day work: Panos Giannopoulos, a meteorologist at the Hellenic National Meteorological Service (HNMS) and weather presenter at SKAI Media Group.
