Norad ID: 29499
| Spacetrack Directory Name | METOP-A |
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| Country/organisation of origin | European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) (EUME) |
| Starting point | TYMSC (Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan) |
| WWW | Here |
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METOP-A, 29499 is a payload satellite owned by EUMETSAT (DE) in SSO that was launched on Thu, 19 Oct 2006 UTC via a SOYUZ-2-1A launch vehicle from the Tyuratam Missile And Space Complex (TTMTR). Payloads include a variety of satellites, spacecraft, and rockets equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.
satellite METOP-A Date of exalting 19.10.2006y.