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MetOp-A Launch
10-16-2006 · European Space Agency (ESA)MetOp-A, Europe's first polar-orbiting satellite and a mission dedicated to improving weather forecasts and monitoring Earth's climate, has been launched on 19 October from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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