ARIANESPACE - Flight VS19 Mission poster.
November 6, 2018
Arianespace’s latest Soyuz mission is now underway following tonight’s liftoff from the Spaceport in French Guiana at 00:47:27 GMT on 7th (7:47:27 p.m. EST on 6th).
Liftoff of Arianespace’s Soyuz mission with Metop-C
An Arianespace Soyuz rocket, designated VS19, launched a mission from the Guiana Space Center in South America. The Soyuz as carry the MetOp C polar-orbiting weather satellite for the European Space Agency and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, or Eumetsat. The Soyuz 2-1b (Soyuz ST-B) rocket use a Fregat upper stage.
Arianespace - VS19 Successful Launch
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 weather satellite
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. The nominal duration of the mission (from liftoff to separation of the satellite) is: 1 hour, 00 minutes, 18 seconds.
Related links:
Metop-C: https://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Observing_the_Earth/MetOp
EUMETSAT: https://www.eumetsat.int/website/home/index.html
Arianespace: http://www.arianespace.com/
Images, Video, Text, Credits: Arianespace/ESA/EUMETSAT.
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