With a global audience watching in anticipation at launch events and online, Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) – also ...

SGA1, a next-gen polar-orbiting weather satellite, from French Guiana. The mission, Ariane 6’s third flight, will enhance ...

The satellite carries a suite of six advanced instruments, including both upgraded and brand-new sensors, designed to provide meteorological data at unprecedented levels of detail.

Aug. 13 (UPI) -- Europe's Ariane 6 rocket sent a weather and climate satellite to orbit on Tuesday night. The Ariane 6 took ...

It represents Europe's first contribution to a US-led programme, the Joint Polar System, a new satellite constellation orbiting between the north and south poles ...

An Airbus-built satellite has been placed into orbit after successfully launching onboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s ...

Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather and ...

As Europe battles record-breaking heat, the Ariane 6 rocket carrying the MetOp-SGA1 satellite successfully launched on ...

Two new rockets just launched within 30 minutes of each other, with each vehicle lifting off for just the third time. First up, Arianespace’s Ariane 6 launched from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, ...

More accurate weather forecasts - this is what the new European weather satellite Metop-SGA1 should make possible. The ...

Metop Second Generation A1 and B1 (Metop-SGA1 and Metop-SGB1) are the first pair of a total of six satellites in the EUMETSAT Polar System—Second Generation (EPS-SG) system.

With a global audience watching in anticipation at launch events and online, Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) also carrying the European Union's Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission lifted off on an ...