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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

3D model is aproximate

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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