Ariane 62 | Metop-SG A1
Ariane Launch Area 4
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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Metop-SG A1
First of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.
Ariane 62
Height 63.00 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 5000 kg
Liftoff Thrust 10370 kN
Diameter 5.40 Meters
Mass To LEO 10350 kg
Liftoff Mass 530 Tonnes
Launch Success 2
Consecutive Success 2
Maiden Flight 2024-07-09
Launch Failures 0
Updates
Nosu
2025-07-28T08:04:00+0000
Adding launch day and time and setting GO
Nosu
2025-01-28T13:12:00+0000
Targeting August 2025
Cosmic_Penguin
2024-10-10T10:59:00+0000
NET September 2025.
Cosmic_Penguin
2023-12-15T02:04:53+0000
NET Q2 2025.
Nosu
2022-11-21T20:00:50+0000
NET Q1 2025
Programs
Copernicus
Copernicus is the European Union's Earth observation programme coordinated and managed for the European Commission by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme in partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), the EU Member States. It aims at achieving a global, continuous, autonomous, high quality, wide range Earth observation capacity. Providing accurate, timely and easily accessible information to, among other things, improve the management of the environment, understand and mitigate the effects of climate change, and ensure civil security.
Related Events
MetOp-SG A1 & Sentinel-5 Pre-Launch Media Briefing
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With launch slated for August, the first MetOp Second Generation satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, which also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, is currently undergoing final preparations for liftoff aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.
Related News
2025-07-24T08:56:00+0000
ESA
First MetOp Second Generation satellite fuelled
2025-07-23T08:00:00+0000
ESA
Watch: MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 media briefing
2025-06-19T07:18:00+0000
ESA
First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 arrive at launch site
2025-06-19T04:24:00+0000
ESA
Ariane 6 payload on board: MetOp-SG-A1 arrives in Kourou
2025-02-11T21:40:51+0000
SpaceNews
Arianespace plans five Ariane 6 launches in 2025, primarily in the second half of the year
2024-10-10T08:40:00+0000
ESA
