Ariane 62 | Metop-SG A1

First of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.

The Ariane 6 family is currently under development by the European Space Agency, with two variations including the Ariane 62 with two solid boosters intended for government and scientific missions.

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

• Copernicus

  Earth Observation
  Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme coordinated and managed for the European Commission by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU Member States. It aims at achieving a global, continuous, autonomous, high quality, wide range Earth observation capacity. Providing accurate, timely and easily accessible information to, among other things, improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure civil security.
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• MetOp-SG A1

  Earth Observation Satellite
  Sun-Synchronous Orbit

  European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

• European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological SatellitesMultinational