This media briefing for Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument took place today during ESA’s Living Planet Symposium, one of the world’s leading Earth observation conferences.  

It provided an opportunity for members of the press to meet members of the two mission teams, as well as ESA Director of Earth Observation Programmes Simonetta Cheli.  

Phil Evans, Director General of Eumetsat, Mauro Facchini, the European Commission’s Head of Earth Observation Unit, and Florence Rabier, Director General at ECMWF, were also present.  

The MTG-S1 satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument are set to launch on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, no earlier than July 2025. 

Watch more videos from the Living Planet Symposium 2025.