MetOp-SG

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MetOp
Phase : / Status : A
Type: Weather satellite
Organization: EUMETSAT
Mission dates
Start date: 2022Template: future / in 2 years
Mission duration: 8.5 years
Orbit data
Track height: 817 km
General spacecraft data
Takeoff mass: 2400-3000 kg
Others
Previous
mission:		 MetOp

MetOp-SG ( Met eorological Op erational S atellite - S econd G eneration ) is the successor series for the weather satellite MetOp . The satellites are intended to orbit the earth in a near-earth, polar orbit and thus complement the geostationary counterparts of the Meteosat series. The series will consist of two satellites, MetOp-SG A and MetOp-SG B.

The following instruments are currently planned for the two satellites:

MetOp-SG A:

  • Visible Infrared Imager (METimage)
  • Microwave Sounder (MWS)
  • Infrared Sounder (IASI-NG)
  • Radio Occultation (RO)
  • Multi-view Multi-channel Multi-polarization imager (3MI)
  • Sentinel-5

MetOp-SG B:

  • Microwave Imager (MWI)
  • Ice Cloud Imager (ICI)
  • Scatterometer (SCA)
  • Radio Occultation (RO)
  • Argos Data Collection Service

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f Eumetsat Polar System - Second Generation. Eumetsat, accessed September 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ a b c d MetOp Second Generation Instruments. ESA, accessed December 19, 2012 .
  3. ↑ ESA takes first steps towards MetOp Second Generation. ESA, accessed December 19, 2012 .
  4. ^ MetOp Second Generation. (PDF; 0.1 MB) ESA, accessed on December 19, 2012 .
  5. ^ A b MetOp Second Generation: a joint ESA / EUMETSAT mission for weather forecast and climate monitoring with an imaging radiometer. (PDF; 11 kB) CO.RI.STA, accessed on December 19, 2012 .
  6. ↑ LTU solution in next-generation weather satellite. LTU, accessed December 19, 2012 .