Less than three weeks after its 13 August launch, Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop‑SG‑A1) is transmitting measurements from two of six onboard instruments, including Beyond Gravity’s radio‑occultation sensor — early data that promise improved atmospheric profiles for weather and climate monitoring.
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Two of six MetOp‑SG‑A1 instruments are returning data less than three weeks after the 13 August launch, accelerating the flow of new atmospheric profiles into operational forecasting systems; see the context of the satellite’s deployment by Ariane 6.
Beyond Gravity’s radio‑occultation instrument — now delivering first MetOp‑SG measurements — will fly on all six satellites in the series, directly improving vertical temperature and humidity soundings that feed numerical weather prediction models.
The milestone ties into broader European investments in next‑generation meteorological capability and industrial participation, following the programme’s distributed hardware contracts and the push toward a multi‑satellite atmospheric sounding architecture (see coverage of MetOp‑SG contracts across Europe and the €1B 20‑satellite sounding programme approval).
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