Metop-SGA1
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Press Releases
EUMETSAT Assumes Control of Inaugural Metop Second Generation Satellite
EUMETSAT’s Mission Control Centre has officially taken the reins of the Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite, following the successful completion of the spacecraft’s launch and early operations phase (LEOP). Over three intense days, experts worked together to perform a series of complex steps and manoeuvres to guide the satellite into its low-Earth orbit – just over 800 kilometres above…
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Press Releases
Successful Launch of Metop-SGA1 to Take Weather Forecasting to New Heights
With a global audience watching in anticipation at launch events and online, Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) – also carrying the European Union’s Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission – lifted off on an Ariane-62 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 02:37 CEST on 13 August. As the first satellite in the EUMETSAT Polar System – Second Generation (EPS-SG) programme, the launch…
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