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OAS platform Detail for MetOp-B
| platforms_id: | 12445 |
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| Name: | MetOp-B |
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| Countries: | AUSTRIA |
| Comments: | Platform Class: 65-Orbiting satellite Synonyms: Meteorological Operational satellite-B Commissioned Date: 2012-09-17 Countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Rep., Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom. Notes +: MetOp-B is the second of three ESA and EUMETSAT weather satellites. The satellite carry a set of seven 'heritage' instruments provided by NOAA and CNES and a new generation of five European instruments offering improved sensing capabilities. Several of the instruments measure similar aspects of the atmosphere, namely temperature and humidity, but use a variety of measuring techniques to acquire their data. Info Source: http://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/Satellites/CurrentSatellites/Metop/index.html http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/The_Living_Planet_Programme/Meteorological_missions/MetOp/About_the_satellite https://directory.eoportal.org/web/eoportal/satellite-missions/m/metop |
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| Metadata version: | 0 |
| Keydate: | 2015-01-22 11:50:25+00 |
| Editdate: | 2015-01-22 11:50:25+00 |