EUMETSAT Missions – Current and planned
Geostationary Programmes
MTG-S MTG-I Sounding MSG-4 / Meteosat-11 Imagery 2023 Meteosat-10 In-Orbit Storage 2016 2021 2013 Prime Satellite 2018 Meteosat-9 Mandatory 2006 Programmes Meteosat-8 2004
Polar Programmes
Metop-A Metop-B Metop-C Metop-SG A Metop-SG B 2007 2013 2019 Sounding & Imagery Microwave Imagery 2022 2023
JASON-2 2009 Optional and Third Party Programmes (incl. Copernicus) Sentinel-3A 2016
JASON-3 Sentinel-4 2016 on MTG-S Sentinel-5 2023 Sentinel-3B JASON-CS/ on Metop-SG A 2018 SENTINEL-6 2022 2021 1Presenter:ITSC -DieterXXII, Saint Klaes-Sauveur, Québec, Canada, 31 October – 6 November New programmes deployed in the next six years
2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2034 2035 2036 2037 2038
MTG-I1 MTG-S1 MTG-I2 MTG-I3 MTG-S2 MTG-I4
Jason-CS A Jason-CS B
Metop-C Metop-SG A1 Metop-SG B1 Metop-SG A2 Metop-SG B2 Metop-SG A3 Metop-SG B3
Current New Programmes New Programes Mandatory Continuity 2021 – 2040+ recurrent Satellites Programmes Implemented 2020-2025 2028 – 2037+
- 2026+
B2
A3
A1 B1
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C
SG
SG
SG
SGA2
SG SG
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CSB
CSA
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4
3
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1
2
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I
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S
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I
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METOP
METOP
METOP B3
MTG
MTG
MTG
METOP
MTG METOP
MTG
MTG
METOP METOP
JASON JASON
Planned satellite launches (most likely scenario)
2 ITSC-XXII, Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada, 31 October – 6 November EUMETSAT Mission Planning covers 40+ years
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METEOSAT SECOND GENERATION METEOSAT-8 METEOSAT-9 METEOSAT-10 METEOSAT-11 METEOSAT THIRD GENERATION MTG-I-1 : IMAGERY MTG-S-1: SOUNDING EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM (EPS) MTG-I-2: IMAGERY METOP-A MTG-I-3: IMAGERY METOP-B MTG-S-2: SOUNDING
METOP-C MTG-I-4: IMAGERY MandatoryProgrammes
EUMETSAT POLAR SYSTEM SECOND GENERATION (EPS-SG) METOP-SG A: SOUNDING AND IMAGERY METOP-SG B: MICROWAVE IMAGERY
JASON (HIGH PRECISION OCEAN ALTIMETRY) JASON-2
JASON-3
Optional Programmes SENTINEL-6 (JASON-CS)
COPERNICUS SENTINEL-3 A/B/C/D
SENTINEL-4 ON MTG-S ThirdParty
SENTINEL-5 ON METOP-SG A Programmes
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3 ITSC-XXII, Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada, 31 October – 6 November Conclusion • EUMETSAT assures the continuity of LEO and GEO missions (mandatory programmes) – from present up to post 2040 by current programmes and by programmes under development; • Continuity of altimetry data and the operational oceanographic missions are assured up to post 2026 in the frame of optional missions and Copernicus; • Near realtime data dissemination and non real time dissemination are available, as well as longterm archiving; • International cooperation assures the availability of Third Party Data for Member States; • Planning of further missions according to the EUMETSAT strategy;
4 ITSC-XXII, Saint-Sauveur, Québec, Canada, 31 October – 6 November