MetOp-SG A1 & Sentinel-5 Pre-Launch Media Briefing
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Monday, July 28, 2025 · 12:00 UTC
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/01With launch slated for August, the first MetOp Second Generation satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, which also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, is currently undergoing final preparations for liftoff aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Related Launches
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/03European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites
Multinational
European Space Agency
Multinational
Programs
/04Copernicus
Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme coordinated and managed for the European Commission by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU Member States. It aims at achieving a global, continuous, autonomous, high quality, wide range Earth observation capacity. Providing accurate, timely and easily accessible information to, among other things, improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure civil security.