# Europe unveils hi-tech satellite to speed up extreme weather warnings Author: Pal Sinha, Barnali Author URL: https://financedigest.com/author/pal-sinha-barnali Published: 2022-09-08 Category: NEWS Category URL: https://financedigest.com/category/news Meta Title: Europe Launches Cutting-Edge Weather Satellites Meta Description: Europe launches 4 billion euro satellite family to give early warning of global weather havoc, aiming to save lives and improve forecasting accuracy. URL: https://financedigest.com/europe-unveils-hi-tech-satellite-to-speed-up-extreme-weather-warningshtml ![undefined](https://prod.superblogcdn.com/site_cuid_cm5qst7v3003gwirgwqtxn8i8/images/2022-09-07t180602z1lynxmpei860zartroptp4europe-space-1736815259334-compressed.jpg) By Tim Hepher CANNES, France (Reuters) – Europe on Wednesday unveiled the first of a 4 billion euro ($4 billion) family of satellites designed to give earlier warning of extreme weather that has been causing havoc across the globe this year. The result of 12 years of development for the European Space Agency and 30-nation EUMETSAT, the MTG-I1 satellite will be launched by the end of this year on an Ariane 5 rocket and put sharper eyes in space over Europe and Africa. The 3.8-tonne spacecraft will beam back images from [next](https://www.financedigest.com/what-next-for-cheque-imaging.html "What next for Cheque Imaging?") year and will be joined in geostationary orbit by three more MTG-I imaging satellites and two MTG-S “sounding” satellites capable of slicing the atmosphere, much like a medical scanner, by 2030. The [hope is that forecasters will gain](https://www.financedigest.com/stocks-dollar-gain-on-soft-landing-hopes.html "Stocks, dollar gain on soft landing hopes") precious hours in predicting near-term storms and floods that can cost lives. And scanning the atmosphere will provide a better picture of [current conditions to feed](https://www.financedigest.com/insect-feed-market-2020-scope-of-current-and-future-industry-2030.html "Insect Feed Market 2020 | Scope of Current and Future Industry 2030") into their computerised models. There is a [real challenge](https://www.financedigest.com/institutional-investors-to-increase-commercial-real-estate-allocation-but-brexit-is-biggest-challenge.html "Institutional investors to increase commercial real estate allocation but Brexit is biggest challenge") today … to be able to compute the initial (weather) state,” said Herve Roquet, [deputy director](https://www.financedigest.com/tmwi-appoints-matt-franceschi-as-deputy-managing-director-to-help-spearhead-the-integrated-media-agencys-ongoing-growth.html "tmwi appoints Matt Franceschi as Deputy Managing Director to help spearhead the integrated media agency’s ongoing growth") of research at Meteo France. The initiative highlights a race to grapple with weather disruption exacerbated by global warming and which is estimated to have [cost $100 billion](https://www.financedigest.com/australias-nuclear-submarine-plan-to-cost-up-to-245-billion-by-2055-defence-official.html "Australia’s nuclear submarine plan to cost up to 5 billion by 2055 -defence official") worldwide in 2021 alone. While the MTG-I [imaging satellites will bring Europe roughly in line with GOES-R operated](https://www.financedigest.com/the-intra-operative-imaging-market-report.html "The Intra Operative Imaging Market Report") by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, albeit with a newer lightning mapper, MTG-S will deploy sounders in space for the first time. European officials [say China has experimented with the technology with lower accuracy but is yet](https://www.financedigest.com/swiss-national-bank-says-inflation-battle-not-yet-won.html "Swiss National Bank says inflation battle not yet won") to deploy it, while acknowledging Beijing’s space programme is developing fast. Engineers say the sounding or scanning technique will capture storms before they [become visible on traditional](https://www.financedigest.com/fiat-republic-the-specialist-baas-platform-that-bridges-the-gap-between-web3-and-traditional-banks-announces-it-has-become-an-electronic-money-institution-emi-in-the-uk.html "Fiat Republic, the specialist BaaS platform that bridges the gap between web3 and traditional banks, announces it has become an Electronic Money Institution (EMI) in the UK.") radar. “As the storm is developing, we can see it. It is picking it up and we can then predict it,” said Paul Blythe, MTG [programme manager at the European Space Agency](https://www.financedigest.com/board-of-russias-avtovaz-approves-585-million-in-2023-investment-programme-ria-agency.html "Board of Russia’s AvtoVAZ approves 5 million in 2023 investment programme – RIA agency"). On Wednesday, engineers at a shorefront clean-room complex run by Franco-Italian Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France, swarmed around the satellite, shaped like a small truck, to make [final checks before its solar array is fitted in coming days](https://www.financedigest.com/glimmers-of-hope-as-global-trade-talks-stretch-into-final-day.html "Glimmers of hope as global trade talks stretch into final day"). Their protective clean-room gowns bore logos reflecting the European system under which companies share work [according to national investment](https://www.financedigest.com/investment-in-mental-health-amongst-cybersecurity-professionals-set-to-increase-according-to-infosecurity-europe-poll.html "Investment in mental health amongst cybersecurity professionals set to increase according to Infosecurity Europe poll"), with Thales Alenia Space leading the project in partnership with Germany’s OHB and Italy’s Leonardo. The more responsive and more capable these satellites are the better they can [follow extremely dynamic weather events,” said Cristian Bank](https://www.financedigest.com/uk-watchdog-contacts-banks-following-huge-withdrawal-of-mortgage-deals-ft.html "UK watchdog contacts banks following huge withdrawal of mortgage deals -FT"), development director at EUMETSAT. ($1 = 1.0055 euros) [(Reporting by Tim](https://www.financedigest.com/tim-shares-slide-as-reported-grid-bids-disappoint.html "TIM shares slide as reported grid bids disappoint") Hepher; Editing by Mark Potter) --- This blog is powered by Superblog. Visit https://superblog.ai to know more. ---