All Related Apply Refine results Type Article Features General Categories Meteosat Metop Tags Cooperation Africa Image of the week Date 2024 Date May SHOW ALL 2 results Features Satellites over Africa save lives Two upcoming satellite programmes – MTG and EPS-SG – will be game changers for Africa. Meteosat Image of the week: Saharan dust from space Desert dust particles are lifted into the atmosphere by gusts of surface wind and can be transported and deposited thousands of kilometres away.