EUMETSAT extends METOP-A lifetime – Satellite News Digest

The EUMETSAT Council agreed that the ageing, but still healthy, Metop-A satellite will be exploited on a "drifting" orbit from June 2017 onwards, in order to extend its useful lifetime from 2019 to 2022.

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