ESA hands over control of the Metop-B weather satellite to EUMETSAT
Friday, September 21, 2012 - 05:30
in Astronomy & Space
PR 30 2012 – Yesterday, at 18:30 local time EUMETSAT took control of Metop-B operations, following the three-day Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) conducted by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) of the European Space Agency (ESA). The handover follows the launch of Metop-B on 17 September.