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Metop-A was the first satellite in Europe's EUMETSAT Polar System, launched on October 19, 2006 aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit at approximately 817 km altitude. It carried instruments including the IASI infrared sounder, AMSU-A microwave sounder, MHS humidity...
Metop-B is the second satellite in the EUMETSAT Polar System, launched on September 17, 2012 aboard a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit at approximately 817 km altitude. It carries the same suite of instruments as Metop-A, including the IASI infrared sounder, AMSU-A micro...
Metop-C is a meteorological satellite launched in November 2018 from French Guiana, serving as the third and final component of the EUMETSAT Polar System. Operated by EUMETSAT and developed in collaboration with the European Space Agency, it circles the Earth in a sun-synchronous low Earth orbit. Th...
