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Metop-SG B1
EUMETSAT's first Metop Second Generation B-type satellite, built to provide global microwave observations for weather forecasting and climate monitoring.
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Metop-SG B1 is the first B-type spacecraft in EUMETSAT's Metop Second Generation programme. In a polar, sun-synchronous orbit, it will carry microwave and radio-occultation instruments that measure atmospheric temperature and humidity, precipitation, winds, clouds, ice, and other environmental variables for operational weather services and climate records.
The launch
- Launch
- October–November 2026
- Launch location
- Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana
- Launch vehicle
- Ariane 62
- Orbit
- Sun-synchronous polar orbit
Launch intelligence
An Arianespace Ariane 6 rocket will launch the Metop-SG B1 mission. The launch date is currently targeted for November, 2026 (UTC).
- Launch provider
- Arianespace
- Vehicle
- Ariane 6
- COSPAR launch ID
- Not assigned
- Flight profile
- Orbital
- Launch result
- Not set
- Window opens
- Not published
- Target T-0
- Not published
- Window closes
- Not published
- Provider display
- Nov 2026
- Pad and location
- ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre
Mission timeline
Follow the mission through its available trajectory data in the full 3D solar-system map.
- Now
Planned launch window
October–November 2026 · Earth
EUMETSAT's deployment information gives Metop-SG B1 an October–November 2026 planned launch window.
Open milestone source ↗Objectives
- 01
Provide global microwave and radio-occultation observations for numerical weather prediction.
- 02
Measure atmospheric temperature, humidity, clouds, precipitation, winds, sea ice, and soil moisture.
- 03
Extend long-term European polar-orbiting weather and climate observations.
Spacecraft
Metop-SG B1
The first Metop Second Generation B-type satellite, carrying microwave imaging, sounding, wind, and radio-occultation instruments.
- Scatterometer (SCA)
- MicroWave Imager (MWI)
- Ice Cloud Imager (ICI)
- Radio Occultation (RO)
- Data Collection System / Argos-4 (ADCS-4)
Gallery
0 images from Metop-SG B1.
No mission imagery is available yet.
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