Ariane 6 Launches MTG-I2: Europe Completes New Weather Satellite Constellation
The European Space Agency launched the MTG-I2 weather satellite aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Kourou, French Guiana, completing the first trio of the Meteosat Third Generation constellation. According to the European Space Agency, the mission places the new imaging satellite into a geostationary orbit 36,000 kilometres above Earth to improve the forecasting of severe … Read more