MetOp-C is the next (and last) in a series of three weather satellites from the ESA & EUMETSAT. It is the latest mission in a series of European polar orbiting satellites.

Under Interagency agreements with NOAA, NASA (GSFC) is providing four POES heritage instruments AMSU-1, AMSU-2, AVHRR/3 and SEM-2 in support of the MetOp C Mission.

Whats Next?

• MetOp-C Radio Frequency (RF) testing in September 2017 at Airbus in Toulouse
• The MetOp-C Payload Module is scheduled to be at ESTEC through June 2017 for thermal vacuum testing. Environmental testing in Toulouse, France scheduled from July 2017 to January 2018.
• MetOp-C launch October 2018 Kourou, French Guiana.

Status Updates

• AMSU-A1, AMSU-A2, AVHRR, and SEM all performed nominally during post-shipment testing on July 4-5, 2017 at Airbus in Toulouse
• Preparation for, and shipment of, Payload Module and ground support equipment to Airbus in Toulouse, France — June 2017 - Complete.
• Payload Module Thermal Vacuum Testing at ESTEC in Noordwijk, Holland --Successfully completed April 2017. All NOAA instruments performed nominally
• Final integration of European instruments on the Payload Module (PLM) at Airbus in Germany -- Completed November 2016. MetOp-C PLM shipped to ESTEC January 2017.
• The MetOp-C payload module was shipped and has arrived at the European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESTEC) in Noordwijk, Holland — Completed on January 4, 2017
• System Functional Testing of Payload Module (including all U.S. instruments) successfully completed at Airbus in Friedrichshafen, Germany — November 2016.