Operational
MetOp-C
MetOp-C carries atmospheric sounders and imagers in a sun-synchronous orbit. Its data strengthens global numerical weather prediction and climate monitoring.
Technical specifications
CATEGORY
Weather
TYPE
Earth Observation
COUNTRY
Europe (EUMETSAT)
OPERATOR
EUMETSAT
LAUNCH DATE
Nov 7, 2018
LAUNCH SITE
Guiana Space Centre
ORBIT CLASS
LEO
ALTITUDE · KM
821
ORBITAL PERIOD · MIN
101.3
INCLINATION · DEG
98.66
APOGEE · KM
822
PERIGEE · KM
819
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