MetOp-A Weather Satellite Retires After 15 Years

Dec 13, 2021

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After 15 years of successful operations ESA's/Eumetsat´s weather satellite MetOp-A, which was built in the satellite centers of Airbus Defense and Space at Toulouse (France) and Friedrichshafen (Germany), has now retired. Launched on October 19, 2006, MetOp-A has tripled its planned lifetime and has become a game changer in contributing to weather forec…

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