Arianespace Soyuz STB Fregat Metop-SG B1

Name: Arianespace Soyuz STB Fregat Metop-SG B1
Start: 2025-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Soyuz Launch Complex

Soyuz STB Fregat

Status

TBD

Date

31 JAN 2025

00:00

Launch Provider

Arianespace

Launch Pad

Soyuz Launch Complex

Kourou, French Guiana

Mission Overview

Second of EUMETSAT's second generation of Metop weather satellites.

Rocket

Soyuz STB Fregat

Mission Type

Earth Science

Orbit

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

Stages

Livestream

Not available

Rocket Details

The 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage. First launch took place from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 on 26 July 2008 with a classified military payload. The 2.1b/ST version is sometimes called Soyuz ST-B.

Height

46.3 m

Diameter

2.95 m

Launch Mass

312 T