Meteosat-12 promises a step-change in forecasting and better advance warning of potentially deadly weather events.
Europe has had its own meteorological spacecraft sitting high above the planet since 1977. The new imager that's going up on Tuesday is the third generation in the series.
It's long been possible to track lightning from its radio frequency emissions, but these are largely air to ground strikes, and 90% of lightning is air-to-air, or intra-cloud. This capability doesn't come cheap. Member states of the European Space Agency have funded the research and development to the tune of €1.4bn . Eumetsat nations are picking up the ongoing costs expected to be €2.9bn ."It's a long process with trade-offs," said Paul Blythe, who's steered the Meteosat development for Esa.
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