Launch of EUMETSAT MTG-I2
1-minute Mesoscale Domain Sector GOES-19 (GOES-East) True Color RGB images from the CSPP GeoSphere site (above) provided a view of the rocket condensation cloud resulting from the launch of EUMETSAT MTG-I2 (Meteosat Third Generation Imager-2) from Europe’s Spaceport (the Guiana Space Centre) near Kourou, French Guiana at 2011 UTC on 27 August 2026. The rocket condensation cloud’s deformation in time was due to changes in wind direction and/or wind speed with height.
An animation of 1-minute GOES-19 Rocket Plume RGB images created using Geo2Grid (below) showed the high-altitude signature of the Ariane 6 rocket’s exhaust trail of hot water vapor (brighter shades of yellow).