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OAS platform Detail for MetOp-A
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| platforms_id: | 10949 |
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| Name: | MetOp-A |
| ICES Code: | 064Q |
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| Countries: | Germany |
| Comments: | Updated information from ICES for the platform MetOp-A from GERMANY. Name MetOp-A Country(s) DE: GERMANY Platform Class 65: Orbiting satellite Commissioned Date 2006-10-19 Decommissioned Date 2016 Notes Meteorological operational satellite. 1st flight unit of the EPS programme. Main mission is operational meteorology. Command and Control of MetOp is performed from the EPS Control Room at EUMETSAT Headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany. Information Source (URL) http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/306 Confirmed by NOAA on 2018-08-08. OTHER INFORMATION: The MetOp series of satellites has been developed as part of a joint undertaking between the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), whereby MetOp forms the space segment of EUMETSAT's Polar System (EPS). Moreover, MetOp is the European contribution to a new cooperative venture with the American National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Initial Joint Polar Satellite System. MetOp-A is the first of a series of three satellites. Launched: 19 October 2006 Declared operational: 15 May 2007 |
| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 2 |
| Keydate: | 2007-11-02 19:49:05.656166+00 |
| Editdate: | 2018-08-08 20:44:11+00 |