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Timelapse: deploying MetOp-SG-B1’s solar wing

Opening MetOp-SG-B1’s four-panel solar wing

Unfolding MetOp-SG-B1’s solar wing

MetOp-SG-B1 opens wing

The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northeast Ethiopia, dormant for up to 12 000 years, erupted on 23 November 2025, sending a large plume of ash and sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere. Copernicus Sentinel-5P captured the spread of the sulphur dioxide.

MetOp Second Generation-B1 heads for electromagnetic compatibility tests

Working on MetOp Second Generation-B1’s scatterometer

MetOp Second Generation-B1 in the anechoic chamber

MetOp-SG captures a cloud bow over Chile and Peru

MetOp Second Generation tracks wildfire smoke over Southern Europe

First view of aerosols from MetOp Second Generation’s 3MI instrument

First glimpse of MetOp-SG-A1 Microwave Sounder data

MetOp-SG-A1 Radio Occultation data

MetOp-SG-A1 Microwave Sounder data

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 on their way to orbit aboard Ariane 6

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 lift off aboard Ariane 6

Ariane 6 lofts MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 into orbit

Ariane 6 takes MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 into orbit

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 take to the skies

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 on their way to orbit

Europe’s new weather satellite launches

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 lift off

Looking down at Ariane 6 with MetOp-SG-A1

Ariane 6 with MetOp-SG-A1 in its mobile hangar

The top of Ariane 6 with MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5

Ariane 6 with MetOp-SG-A1

MetOp-SG-A1 separation from Ariane 6

Ariane 6 revealing MetOp-SG-A1

Connecting MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 upper-composite to the Ariane 6 rocket

Positioning MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 upper-composite on top of Ariane 6

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 upper-composite about to meet rocket

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 arriving at the launch pad

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 on a roll to the launch pad

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 upper-composite ready to roll to the launch pad

MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 stickers on Ariane 6 rocket fairing

MetOp-SG-A1 sealed within Ariane 6 fairing

Sealing MetOp-SG-A1 satellite within Ariane 6 fairing

Encapsulating MetOp-SG-A1 satellite in Ariane 6 fairing

Encapsulation begins for MetOp-SG-A1 hosting Sentinel-5

MetOp-SG-A1 satellite fixed to Ariane 6 launch adaptor

Joining MetOp-SG-A1 satellite to launch adaptor

MetOp-SG-A1 satellite being lowered onto the Ariane 6 rocket's adaptor

MetOp-SG-A1 satellite with Ariane 6 fairing half-shells

Sentinel-5: tangible benefits for society

MetOp-SG and MTG: taking weather forecasting into the future

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 being prepared for liftoff

Moving MetOp-SG-A1 for final operations

The benefits of the MetOp Second Generation mission

Fuelling MetOp-SG-A1

Fuelling MetOp-SG-A1 – a specialised job

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