Metop-A completes 20,000th orbit
Friday, August 27, 2010 - 08:28
in Astronomy & Space
Metop-A, Europe's first polar-orbiting satellite dedicated to operational meteorology, will complete its 20,000th orbit of the Earth on 27 August. It will deliver its data to the EUMETSAT Polar System ground station on Svalbard around lunchtime.