MetOp will be Europe's first polar-orbiting satellite dedicated to operational meteorology. It represents the European contribution to a new cooperative venture with the United States providing data that will be used to monitor our climate and improve weather forecasting. MetOp is a series of three satellites to be launched sequentially over 14 years, starting in 2005, and forms the space segment of EUMETSAT's Polar System (EPS).
This video index comprises of MetOP 1 undergoing testing at ESA's ESTEC site in The Netherlands between the 14 and 15 October 2002. It carries clean international sound and clear descriptive slates of the various tests.

00:00 TItle Slate: MetOp 1 PLM (Payload Module) Undergoing testing at ESTEC 14-15 October 2002
00:05 Handling Rotation & Tilting accelerated by approx 2000 times
00:10 MetOp 1 PLM on the vertical stand rotating
00:34 MetOp 1 PLM Preparation and transfer form vertical stand to the multipurpose trolley
01:17 MetOP 1 PLM on multipurpose trolley (tilting and rotating)
02:06 Title Slate
02:11 PLM Handling
10:58 Title Slate
11:04 PLM and Instrument Functional Testing
11:09 MetOP PLM Instruments
11:43 Instruments Operational
12:52 MetOP 1 PLM during functional testing (instruments in measurement mode)
19:40 Title Slate
19:46 Metop 1 PLM PLM Alignment Measurement
20:56 Title Slate
21:02 PLM MLI (Multi Layer Insulation) Blankets installation
25:00 Title Slate
25:05 PLM EGSE (Electircal Ground Support Equipment) and Control Room
25:11 View of some PLM EGSE
25:31 Command & Control and Data Handling Room.
27:03 End