Image gallery: MetOp launch sequence
MetOp launch image sequence. MetOp-A was successfully launched 19 October 2006 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, by a Russian Soyuz 2/Fregat rocket operated by the Euro-Russian company Starsem.
Last update: 28 September 2007
Related links
- MetOp
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/The_Living_Planet_Programme/Meteorological_missions/MetOp - Launch diary
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/The_Living_Planet_Programme/Meteorological_missions/MetOp/MetOp-A_launch_diary - Operations
http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Operations - Soyuz launch vehicle
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Permanent_Mission_in_Russia/Soyuz_launch_vehicle2 - Baikonur
http://www.esa.int/About_Us/ESA_Permanent_Mission_in_Russia/Baikonur_Cosmodrome - Eumetsat
http://www.eumetsat.int - EADS-Astrium
http://www.space.eads.net/ - Starsem
http://www.starsem.com - NOAA
http://www.noaa.gov - CNES
http://www.cnes.fr/html/_455_.php