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ESOC flight controllers ready for MetOp launch
 
12 July 2006

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MetOp LEOP simulation
MetOp flight controllers in simulation training for LEOP, the launch and early operations phase, at ESOC, 7 July 2006.

Credits: ESA-D.Scuka
 
 
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The ESA ground station at Maspalomas, Canary Islands, is located in the southern part of the Gran Canaria island on the campus of the Instituto Nacional de Tecnica Aerospacial (INTA). The antenna is operated by INTA in cooperation with Ingenieria y Servicios Aerospatiales (INSA).
 
  Launch set for 17 July, 18:28 CEST
 
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Baikonur Cosmodrome
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Sunset over the launch pad at Baikonur in Kazakhstan

Credits: ESA-S.Corvaja
 
 
Launch diary
MetOp launch statusEurope's first polar-orbiting weather satellite ready for launchIntegration of MetOp upper-composite and third-stage completeSafe arrival at the launch facility for MetOpMetOp encapsulated in fairingMetOp integrated with Fregat upper-stageMetOp launch campaign resumedMetOp to be launched in OctoberLaunch of MetOp-A postponedMetOp ready for launchUpper-composite transferred to launcher integration facilityLast-ever look at MetOpMetOp joins Fregat upper-stageMetOp fuelled and pressurisedMetOp-A gets green light for 17 July launch dateMetOp – last phase of testing before launchMetOp satellite shipped to Baikonur on 18 April
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