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OAS platform Detail for MetOp-A, meta_version: 1. Current meta_version is: 2
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platforms_id: 10949
Title:
Name: MetOp-A
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Comments: The MetOp series of satellites has been developed as part of a
joint undertaking between the European Space Agency (ESA)
and the European Organisation for the Exploitation of
Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), whereby MetOp forms
the space segment of EUMETSAT's Polar System (EPS).
Moreover, MetOp is the European contribution to a new
cooperative venture with the American National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) through the Initial Joint
Polar Satellite System. MetOp-A is the first of a series of three satellites.

Launched: 19 October 2006
Declared operational: 15 May 2007
Deprecated: false
Metadata version: 1
Keydate: 2007-11-02 19:49:05.656166+00
Editdate: 2007-11-02 19:54:46+00