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EUMETSAT releases first Flexible Combined Imager image from MTG-I2 satellite

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Europe's meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, has released the first image taken by the Flexible Combined Imager aboard Meteosat Third Generation Imager 2, known as MTG-I2. The release came just over two months after the satellite was launched in August.

First image from the imager

EUMETSAT has published the first picture from the Flexible Combined Imager, or FCI, carried by MTG-I2. The imager is the instrument that will supply the satellite's weather observations.

The release followed the satellite's launch in August, a little over two months earlier.

Key facts

  • EUMETSAT, Europe's meteorological satellite agency, has released the first image from the Flexible Combined Imager on board MTG-I2.
  • The image was released just over two months after the satellite's launch in August.

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