METOP-SG-A 1, 2, 3 (original) (raw)
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METOP-SG-A [Airbus DS]
METOP-SG (Meteorological Operational - Second Generation) is Europe's second generation polar-orbiting operational meteorological satellite system to replace the first generation METOP satellites.
In October 2014, Airbus Defense and Space was selected to build these satellites. The Satellite A-series will be developed and built under the industrial lead of Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse.
The METOP-SG Series consists of two subseries with three units in each series with different instrument suites: METOP-SG-A and METOP-SG-B. The Satellite A-series focuses on optical instruments and atmospheric sounders, while the Satellite B-series focuses on microwave instruments. Both types will be based on Airbus Defense and Space�s Astrobus high-power satellite platforms.
The METOP-SG-A series carries following instruments:
- Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI-NG) (CNES)
- Visible/Infrared Imager (METimage) (DLR)
- Microwave Sounder (MWS) (ESA)
- Radio Occultation (RO) (ESA)
- Multi-viewing, multi-channel, multi-polarisation Imager (3MI) (ESA)
- Sentinel-5 (Copernicus/ESA)
The first METOP-SG A will be launched on a Soyuz-ST-B Fregat-MT rocket. Later satellites might also use the Ariane-62 launcher.
| Nation: | Europe |
|---|---|
| Type / Application: | Meteorology |
| Operator: | ESA, EUMETSAT |
| Contractors: | Airbus Defense and Space |
| Equipment: | |
| Configuration: | ? |
| Propulsion: | |
| Power: | Deployable solar array, batteries |
| Lifetime: | 7.5 years |
| Mass: | ~ 4000 kg |
| Orbit: | SSO |
| Satellite | COSPAR | Date | LS | Launch Vehicle | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| METOP-SG-A 1 | - | 2024 | Ko ELA-4 | Ariane-62 | |
| METOP-SG-A 2 | - | 2031 | Ko ELA-4 | Ariane-62 | |
| METOP-SG-A 3 | - | 2038 | Ko ELA-4 | Ariane-62 |
| | Further Copernicus (Sentinel) missions: Sentinel 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D Sentinel 2A, 2B, 2C, 2D Sentinel 3A, 3B, 3C, 3D Sentinel 4A, 4B (MTG-S 1, 2) Sentinel 5A, 5B (METOP-SG-A 1, 2) Sentinel 5p Sentinel 6A, 6B (Jason-CS A, B) Sentinel 7 (CO2M) Sentinel 8 (LSTM) Sentinel 9 (CRISTAL) Sentinel 10 (CHIME) Sentinel 11 (CIMR) Sentinel 12 (ROSE-L) | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |