The Journal of Space Commerce

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MetOp-Second Generation Satellites Powered by Beyond Gravity

First Spacecraft Scheduled for Launch Later This Month

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Tom Patton
Aug 12, 2025
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The first of a new generation of polar-orbiting European weather satellites will be launched into space in mid-August. The MetOp-Second Generation satellite will lift off from the European spaceport in Kourou (South America) aboard the European launch vehicle Ariane 6. Beyond Gravity has supplied multiple components for the spacecraft.

“This new European…

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