EO·Atlas
MTG Lightning Imager (LI)
Meteosat Third Generation optical lightning detection payload for continuous day-night lightning observations over Europe and Africa.
MTG Lightning Imager is a geostationary optical detector for continuous day-night lightning-event detection from the MTG-I platform.[1][2] The payload uses four identical optical telescope/camera channels on a common head assembly and observes the 777.4 nm oxygen emission line at 1000 Hz detector readout.[1][3] Its four domains cover the observable Earth disc, including Europe, Africa, the Middle East and parts of South America.[1][4] Spatial performance is given both as around 10 km resolution and as 4.5 km grid sampling at the sub-satellite point.[1][5] Meteosat-12 began prime service in December 2024, and LI Level-2 products are available through the mission user service.[6][4] The instrument has demonstrated optical transient detection through MTG lightning observations.[6]
Pricing not publicly listed by operator
Supply chain position
- Optical transient detectionvia Meteosat-12
MTG Lightning Imager detects optical lightning events continuously over Europe and Africa.
None on record.
- [1]ESA: Lightning Imageragency doc2026-06-16
- [2]WMO OSCAR instrument record: LIagency doc2026-06-16
- [3]Leonardo: The Lightning Imager hunts for lightning on board MTGoperator engineering2026-06-16
- [4]EUMETSAT User Portal: MTG LI Level 2 data guideagency doc2026-06-16
- [5]ECMWF/EUMETSAT: New observation capabilities for storm monitoring - Lightning Imageragency doc2026-06-16
- [6]EUMETSAT: Europe's first lightning imager to produce a meteorological breakthroughagency doc2026-06-16
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MTG Lightning Imager (LI). EO-Atlas, SpectraWorks B.V. https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/li-mtg (CC BY 4.0)
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@misc{eoatlas:products:sensor:li-mtg,
title = {MTG Lightning Imager (LI)},
author = {{EO-Atlas}},
publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
note = {CC BY 4.0},
url = {https://eo-atlas.org/products/sensor/li-mtg}
}