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| | | | | | | MetOp overview
| | | | | MetOp will be monitored and controlled via the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) Command and Data Acquisition station in Svalbard. Data will be downlinked to Svalbard once per orbit and then transferred to EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany. From here, there is a data exchange with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the USA. After processing, the data is distributed to the users within 2 hours 15 minutes of the observations being made in space. MetOp forms the European contribution to the joint European-American polar satellite system. Through this international partnership, MetOp will provide the morning coverage while the NOAA satellites cover the afternoon orbits. Data is processed by both EUMETSAT and NOAA.
Credits: ESA - AOES Medialab | |  |  | |
| | | | | Developed by ESA for Eumetsat, MetOp-A is the first in a series of three Eumetsat Polar System (EPS) satellites.
MetOp-A was launched on 19 October 2006 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Credits: ESA/AOES Medialab | | | | |
| | | | | MetOp-A was launched on 19 October 2006 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Credits: Starsem | | | | |
| | | | | MetOp-A satellite undergoing final testing at EADS Astrium's facilities in Toulouse.
MetOp-A was launched on 19 October 2006 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, on a Soyuz ST rocket with a Fregat upper stage.
Credits: EADS Astrium/photo C. Mériaux | | | | |
| | | | | Level-1 products from AVHRR (visible channels only). The AVHRR (Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer) on board MetOp scans the Earth's surface in six spectral bands to provide day and night imaging of land, water and clouds. It also measures sea-surface temperature, ice, snow and vegetation cover.
Credits: EUMETSAT | | | | |
| | | | | MetOp-A is Europe's first polar orbiting satellite dedicated to operational meteorology, and with its contribution to the American Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite (POES) Programme it marks a new era in global weather prediction and climate monitoring. From its polar orbit 800 km above the surface of Earth, MetOp's range of 13 American and European instruments provides a wealth of accurate and detailed information to meteorologists and scientists around the world.
Credits: ESA /AOES Medialab | | | | |
| | | | Last update: 29 March 2007 | |
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