Science and Exploration

Global Orbital View from Metop-B

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
March 21, 2016
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Global Orbital View from Metop-B
Earth
EUMETSAT

A new view of the world as seen from EUMETSAT’s Metop-B weather satellite in polar orbit 817 km above the Earth.
The Metop satellites collect detailed global observations of the atmosphere, oceans, and land. Copyright: 2016 EUMETSAT. Larger image

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