MetOp-SG A1
Success
AUG 13202500:37:00 UTCThe first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, built by Airbus for EUMETSAT, reached a sun-synchronous orbit at about 800 km. It hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument, which delivers daily global data on air pollutants, trace gases, aerosols and ultraviolet radiation.
The flight was the third for Ariane 6 and its second commercial mission.
LIFTOFF
AUG 13 202500:37:00 UTC
Success
launched from ELA-4 Kourou
aboard Ariane 62 VA264 into LEO
Broadcast
Watch how the launch went
Payload
MetOp-SG A1/Sentinel-5A
Meteorology