Geostationary Orbit

EUMETSAT releases first images from MTG-I2 weather satellite's imager

EUMETSAT has published the first images from the Flexible Combined Imager aboard Meteosat Third Generation Imager 2, roughly two months after the satellite launched on 27 August 2026. A full-disc image from 20 October shows cloud cover over Europe and the North Atlantic against clear Saharan skies, and a rapid-scan animation from 3 November captures Europe and North Africa at 2.5-minute intervals, including fog, Mediterranean convective clouds and a wildfire smoke plume in Portugal.

eumetsat.int · 2026-11-06

Starfish Space to launch first Otter satellite-servicing spacecraft on Falcon 9

Seven years after its founding, Starfish Space will send its first Otter spacecraft into orbit next month aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 Transporter mission. The demonstration flight, called SSPICY, is being conducted for NASA and will have Otter approach several defunct US-owned satellites to gather data on their spin rates and condition without docking.

arstechnica.com · 2026-09-25