
MetOP SG (Second Generation)
MetOp-SG A1 Encapsulation
Credits:
ESA - M. Pédoussaut
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Licence: ESA Standard Licence
Europe’s first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG-A1 – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package – photographed being sealed within the Ariane 6 rocket’s fairing in preparation for liftoff from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, on 13 August 2025 at 02:37 CEST (12 August 21:37 Kourou time).