Via Satellite
• Rachel Jewett
Ariane 6 Deploys First MetOp-SG A1 with Sentinel-5, Kicking Off Next-Gen Weather Monitoring
Europe’s Ariane 6 launcher successfully placed EUMETSAT’s first MetOp Second Generation A1 satellite, carrying ESA’s Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument, into polar sun-synchronous orbit from Kourou, marking the rocket’s third flight. The mission initiates a new era of high-resolution weather, climate and atmospheric monitoring.
