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GOES-19 signature of the EUMETSAT Metop-SGA1 launch

By Scott Bachmeier •

10-minute GOES-19 Nighttime Microphysics RGB images, from 0030-0120 UTC on 13 August [click to enlarge]

10-minute Full Disk scan GOES-19 (GOES-East) Nighttime Microphyscics RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) showed a signature of the Ariane-62 rocket condensation cloud (darker shades of blue) following the launch of EUMETSAT Metop-SGA1 from Europe’s Spaceport (Guyana Space Center) at Kourou, French Guyana about 3 hours after sunset on 12 August 2025 (the launch time was 0037 UTC on 13 August). The ascending rocket booster condensation cloud was initially apparent in the 0040 UTC image, followed by the lower-altitude condensation cloud originating from near the launch site (which spread out along and near the coast).

Categories: GOES-19, Metop, Red-Green-Blue (RGB) images, Rocket signatures