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The First Second Generation Metop Environmental Satellite and the Copernicus Program Sentinel-5a Instrument Are Already in Orbit

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Last week the third Ariane 6 took off from Kourou Airport Space, in French Guiana, to put the orbit the first satellite MetOp-SG, MetOp Second Generation, and the Sentinel-5A instrument of the Copernicus Program. They are in a synchronous orbit to the retrograde Sun with an altitude of about 830 km and an inclination of 99°. Once proven that everything is well on board Eumetsat, who is the one who operates them, is already in control of the miss…
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Last week the third Ariane 6 took off from Kourou Airport Space, in French Guiana, to put the orbit the first satellite MetOp-SG, MetOp Second Generation, and the Sentinel-5A instrument of the Copernicus Program. They are in a synchronous orbit to the retrograde Sun with an altitude of about 830 km and an inclination of 99°. Once proven that everything is well on board Eumetsat, who is the one who operates them, is already in control of the miss…

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microsiervos.com broke the news in on Thursday, August 21, 2025.
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