MTG-BTA

The new generation of Meteosat is coming. The MTG program should guarantee access to space-acquired meteorological data until at least the late 2030s. This mission will be fulfilled by series of four imaging satellites MTG-I (hosting the Flexible Combined Imager (FCI) and the Lightning Imager (LI)) and two sounding satellites MTG-S (hosting the Infrared Sounder (IRS) and accommodating the Sentinel 4 UVN instrument) for a minimum of 20 years nominal operational lifetime.

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arly 2013, CSL won its first MTG related contract, associated to the Back Telescope Assembly (BTA), which is a sub-assembly of the IRS instrument on MTG-S. The BTA will be jointly developed by AMOS and CSL.
CSL tasks include thermal design, optical coatings, OGSE design and optical characterization of BTA, assembly, integration and validation. The project starts by May 2013.