13 August 2025 year Fr. 00:37 (UTC) from the Kuru spaceport, French Guiana, using a launch vehicle «Ariane 62 » meteorological ka was launchedMetop-SG A1 ».
«Metop-SG A1» – This is the first satellite series Metop-Second Generation, created by the European Space Agency (THIS) together with the organization EUMETSAT To improve the meteorological monitoring of Earth.
«Metop-SG A1» will work in sunny synchronous orbit at an altitude 835 km and intended for long -term use - the service life is estimated to approximately 2033 year.
The satellite is equipped with a modern equipment to observe the weather and climate, Including with multi -inspest and infrared sensors, microwave sensors, by radio Okultal equipment and Sentinel-5 spectrometer for atmospheric gas monitoring. These tools will provide high -precision data for weather forecasting, Study of climatic changes and control over atmospheric pollution, What is an important step in the development of European meteorological infrastructure.
Company EUMETSAT plans to expand the grouping “Metop-SG». It is planned to run three pairs of satellites: Metop-SG A and Metop-SG B, that is, a total of six satellites - A1, B1, A2, B2, A3 and B3-which will provide continuous observation from the Polar orbit by the mid 2040s.
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