METOP-SG A1 – Ariane 62 (VA264) – Куру ELA-4 – 13.08.2025 00:37 UTC

[zandr]

https://nextspaceflight.com/launches/details/2017

METOP-SG A1
Launch Time
Wed Aug 13, 2025 03:37 GMT+3
Rocket  Ariane 62
...
Mission Details
METOP-SG A1
METOP-SG (Meteorological Operational - Second Generation) is Europe's second-generation polar-orbiting operational meteorological satellite system to replace the first-generation METOP satellites.
In October 2014, Airbus Defense and Space was selected to build these satellites. The Satellite A-series will be developed and built under the industrial lead of Airbus Defence and Space in Toulouse.
The METOP-SG Series consists of two subseries with three units in each series with different instrument suites: METOP-SG-A and METOP-SG-B. The Satellite A-series focuses on optical instruments and atmospheric sounders, while the Satellite B-series focuses on microwave instruments. Both types will be based on Airbus Defense and Space's Astrobus high-power satellite platforms.
Payloads: 1    Total Mass: 4,017.0 kg    Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Location
ELA-4, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

[zandr]

https://x.com/Arianespace/status/1949744148002529696

Arianespace  @Arianespace
Save the date: #Ariane6  is getting ready to launch @eumetsat's #MetopSGA1 on August 12, 2025 at 9:37 p.m. local time (00:37 a.m. UTC, 2:37 a.m. CET, on August 13).

·
The #MetopSGA1 satellite will be the first of the next generation of European polar-orbiting weather satellites. Amongst six instruments hosted on board, it will carry the Copernicus Sentinel-5 atmospheric monitoring mission.
·
All information about this launch is available on our press release here :
https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-to-launch-eumetsats-metop-sga1-satellite-on-august-12-2025-with-ariane-6

[zandr]

https://newsroom.arianespace.com/arianespace-to-launch-eumetsats-metop-sga1-satellite-on-august-12-2025-with-ariane-6

On August 12, 2025 at 9:37 p.m. local time (00:37 a.m. UTC, 2:37 a.m. CEST, on August 13), Arianespace will launch EUMETSAT's Metop-SGA1 satellite with Ariane 6 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.

The mission, designated VA264, will be the second commercial flight for Ariane 6, the new European heavy-lift launcher. It will place its passenger, the Metop-SGA1 satellite, into Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) at an altitude of around 800 km. Spacecraft separation will occur 1 hour and 4 minutes after lift-off.

The Metop-SGA1 (Second Generation A1) satellite will be the first of the next generation of European polar-orbiting weather satellites. Metop-SGA1 will host a total of six atmospheric sounding and imaging instrument missions that will provide optical, infrared, and microwave observations essential data for weather forecasting, climate monitoring, and a wide range of other services and applications. Amongst its hosts, Metop-SGA1 will carry the new Sentinel-5 atmospheric monitoring mission, part of the European Commission's Copernicus programme.

The satellite will take global observation of weather and climate from a polar orbit to a new level, providing high resolution observations of temperature, precipitation, clouds, winds, sea ice, aerosols, pollution, soil moisture, volcanic dust, and a multitude of other parameters.

The spacecraft was built by Airbus Defence and Space, under a contract with the European Space Agency, and will be operated throughout its lifetime by EUMETSAT, that will also distribute its data to users.

[zandr]

https://x.com/Arianespace/status/1953501520785244168

Arianespace  @Arianespace
Upper composite transfer complete!
The payload fairing housing #MetopSGA1 has been moved to the Ariane 6 launcher.
On flight #VA264, #Ariane6 will launch #MetopSGA1, a satellite packed with 6 instruments for global weather and climate data.
 
 
·
Among them: #Sentinel5 for atmospheric monitoring, part of @CopernicusEU.
 One step closer to launch.
 Liftoff: August 12 from Europe's Spaceport.

[zandr]

Профиль миссии
Вы не можете просматривать это вложение.

[zandr]

https://x.com/Arianespace/status/1955359354074567025

Arianespace  @Arianespace
 Don't miss the live broadcast of #Ariane6's launch of #MetopSGA1!
 On flight #VA264, #Ariane6 will launch #MetopSGA1, a satellite packed with 6 instruments for global weather and climate data.
Among them: #Sentinel5 for atmospheric monitoring, part of @CopernicusEU.
·
 Tune in on August 12, 2025 at 9:12 p.m. Kourou local time (00:12 a.m. UTC, 2:12 a.m. CEST, on August 13) for behind-the-scenes content and live coverage from Europe's Spaceport.
- English: https://arianespace.com/road-to-space/
- French: https://arianespace.com/fr/road-to-space/

[zandr]

Код Выделить Развернуть

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lc0kyvSZGiI

Flight VA264 | Metop-SGA1 | Ariane 6 I Arianespace
  arianespace
On August 12, 2025 at 9:37 p.m. local time (00:37 a.m. UTC, 2:37 a.m. CEST, on August 13), Arianespace will launch EUMETSAT's Metop-SGA1 satellite with Ariane 6 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.
The mission, designated VA264, will be the second commercial flight for Ariane 6, the new European heavy-lift launcher. It will place its passenger, the Metop-SGA1 satellite, into Sun-Synchronous Orbit (SSO) at an altitude of around 800 km. Spacecraft separation will occur 1 hour and 4 minutes after lift-off.

[zandr]

Улетела.
Коротко:

Код Выделить Развернуть

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=822JMQrndM0

3:50
Ariane 6 launches MetOp-SG-A1
  SciNews
An Ariane 6 launch vehicle (A62 VA264) launched MetOp-SG-A1, Europe's first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite – which hosts Copernicus Sentinel-5 as part of its instrument package, into Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on 13 August 2025, at 00:37 UTC (12 August, at 21:37 local time).
Credit: Arianespace/ArianeGroup

[zandr]

Обычно канал, что выше, сообщает время пуска верно.
Но здесь - другое время
https://x.com/Arianespace/status/1955447982876459423

Arianespace  @Arianespace
Mission success for flight #VA264!

On August 12, 2025 at 10:41 p.m. Kourou local time (01:41 a.m. UTC, 3:41 a.m. CEST, on August 13), #Ariane6 placed #MetopSGA1 into a sun-synchronous orbit for @Eumetsat, reaffirming Europe's commitment to Earth observation- (1/3)
 
 

Миссия успешна.
_{(Продолжение твитта мне сеть не показывает.)}

[anik]

Это не время пуска, а время выведения на орбиту (00:37+01:04=01:41).

[Salo]

Время пуска  00:37:50Вы не можете просматривать это вложение. :

[Salo]

Кстати, теперь обратный отсчет заканчиваеся на КП.

[полтора_землекопа]

NORAD_CAT_ID	OBJECT_NAME	OBJECT_ID	EPOCH	INCLINATION	PERIOD	APOGEE	PERIGEE
65159	METOP SG-A	2025-172A	13.08.2025 02:49	98.71	100.97	806.4	802.4

LTDN = 09:30

[zandr]

3-4 сентября поднялся на 2 км

2025-172A    65159   METOP-SGA1    101.19   98.70   819   810   0.0006479

https://celestrak.org/NORAD/elements