NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

METOP-SG A1

Launch Time
NET 3rd Quarter, 2025

Rocket

Ariane 62
Image Credit: Arianespace
Arianespace
Status: Active
Price: $88.0 million
Liftoff Thrust: 8,370 kN
Payload to LEO: 10,350 kg
Payload to GTO: 4,500 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 2
Rocket Height: 62.0 m
Fairing Diameter: 5.4 m
Fairing Height: 20.0 m

Mission Details

METOP-SG A1

METOP-SG (Meteorological Operational - Second Generation) is Europe's second-generation polar-orbiting operational meteorological satellite system to replace the first-generation METOP satellites.

In October 2014, Airbus Defense and Space was selected to build these satellites. The Satellite A-series will be developed and built under the industrial lead of Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse.

The METOP-SG Series consists of two subseries with three units in each series with different instrument suites: METOP-SG-A and METOP-SG-B. The Satellite A-series focuses on optical instruments and atmospheric sounders, while the Satellite B-series focuses on microwave instruments. Both types will be based on Airbus Defense and Space’s Astrobus high-power satellite platforms.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,017.0 kg
Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location

ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France