You can see directly the latest and animated Meteosat Imagery on line 24/24 h. coming real time from Meteosat 9, these animations are processed in the infrared IR channel 10.8 μm , updated every 15 min. Its are dedicated to detailed cloud monitoring of the Europe and Northern Africa regions. Meteosat 9 was launched from Spaceport in Kourou on December 21, 2005 with an Ariane 5 Generic. The standard mode of Meteosat9 operation is full disk imagery in 12 spectral channels every 15 minutes for meteorological services. An other very important instrument located on Meteosat 9 is GERB (Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget).

Meteosat 9 or MSG 2 Meteosat Second Generation carry a new radiometer SEVIRI the Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager, this prime instrument monitors Earth surface and its atmosphere in 12 wavelenghts. The various channels of Meteosat 9 provide measurements with a resolution of 3 km at the sub satellite point, its High Resolution Visible (HRV) channel number 12 provides measurements with a resolution of 1 km. Meteosat-9 is monitoring Earth from a fixed position in geostationary orbit 35.800 km above the Gulf of Guinea equatorial Africa.