Eumetsat says its second

Eumetsat says its second next-generation geostationary Earth orbit weather satellite, Meteosat 9 (formerly MSG-2), will be launched on an Ariane booster in June 2005. The organization's first polar spacecraft, Metop-1, will be orbited in April 2006 by a Soyuz launcher from Baikonur, Kazakhstan.

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