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COMING SOON | Arianespace Flight VS19 – Metop-C

1,566 views · Published 30 October 2018 · 0:21 · Indexed 19 October 2026

Channel: Arianespace · 2018 · Science & Technology

For its eighth launch of the year, and the second Soyuz liftoff from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana in 2018, Arianespace will orbit Metop-C for EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.

Metop-C is the third and final satellite of its Polar System (EPS), the Metop program dedicated to operational meteorology.

By launching the complete Metop fleet, Arianespace once again supports EUMETSAT and Europe in the improvement of global climate monitoring and weather forecasting.

Flight VS19 will be performed from the Soyuz Launch Complex (ELS) in Sinnamary, French Guiana.

Liftoff is scheduled for Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at exactly:
- 07:47:27 p.m., in Washington, D.C.
- 09:47:27 p.m., in Kourou, French Guiana
- 00:47:27, Universal Time (UTC) on November 7, 2018
- 01:47:27 a.m., in Paris on November 7, 2018
- 03:47:27 a.m., in Moscow on November 7, 2018
- 09:47:27 a.m., in Tokyo on November 7, 2018

Follow the launch live at http://www.arianespace.com and on http://www.youtube.com/arianespace

COMING SOON | Arianespace Flight VS19 – Metop-C

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