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.
The nominal duration of the mission (from liftoff to separation of the satellite) is:
1 hour, 00 minutes, 18 seconds.
Since its creation in 1980 as the world's first commercial space transportation company, Arianespace has led the launch services industry with many operational firsts and numerous record-setting missions.
