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MetOp-B
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 17 Sept 2012, 04:28 pm UTC
Rocket: Soyuz 2.1a/Fregat-M (Soyuz)
Provider: Starsem SA
Mission
Type: Earth Science
Orbit: Sun-Synchronous Orbit
Pad: 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Description
MetOp is a series of three polar orbiting meteorological satellites developed by the European Space Agency (ESA).