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06.10.2006

EUMETSAT confirms Tuesday 17 October as the new launch date for MetOp, Europe's first polar-orbiting satellite.

MetOp will lift off at 18:28 CEST (16:28 UTC; 22:28 local time) from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan on a Soyuz/ST launcher.

Due to a mechanical incident at the Baikonur launch base on 30 September, the launch of MetOp originally planned for Saturday 7 October 2006, had to be postponed.

Simonetta Cheli | Source: alphagalileo
Further information: www.esa.int/esaLP/SEMND5LKKSE_LPmetop_0.html

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