METOP-SG A1 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - METOP-SG A1 -

Full Name

EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation - atmosphere sounding and imaging satellite 1
aka EPS-SG-a1

Status

Approved

Mission Agencies

EUMETSAT , CNES , COM , DLR , ESA

Launch Date

Oct 2025

Mission Links

mission site | data access portal

EOL Date

Mar 2034

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

101.4 minutes

Orbit Sense

Descending

Orbit Inclination

98.7 deg

Orbit Altitude

824 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

9:30

Repeat Cycle

29 days

Objectives and Applications

Meteorology, climatology. EPS-SG-a carries the Sentinel-5 mission. 3 satellites.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	3MI, IASI-NG, METimage, UVNS (Sentinel-5)
	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	IASI-NG, METimage, MWS, RO
	Atmospheric Winds	IASI-NG, METimage
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	IASI-NG, METimage, UVNS (Sentinel-5)
	Cloud particle properties and profile	METimage, MWS
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	METimage, MWS
	Ozone	IASI-NG, UVNS (Sentinel-5)
	Radiation budget	IASI-NG
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	IASI-NG, UVNS (Sentinel-5)
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	IASI-NG, METimage, MWS, RO
Land	Albedo and reflectance	3MI, METimage, UVNS (Sentinel-5)
	Vegetation	METimage
	Surface temperature (land)	IASI-NG, METimage
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	METimage
Ocean	Ocean surface winds	MWS
	Surface temperature (ocean)	IASI-NG, METimage
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	METimage
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	METimage, MWS

Mission Instruments

3MI - Multi-Viewing Multi-Channel Multi-Polarisation Imaging

IASI-NG - Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer - New Generation

METimage - Multi Spectral Imager

MWS - Microwave Sounder

RO - RO

UVNS (Sentinel-5) - Ultra-violet Visible Near-infrared Shortwave-infrared spectrometer

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