
Metop - Second Generation
Continuing high quality observations from polar orbit


Metop - Second Generation (Metop-SG) is EUMETSAT's next generation of polar-orbiting satellites, following on from earlier successful missions.
Last Updated
29 November 2022
Published on
20 May 2020
This next generation, following on from EUMETSAT Polar System programme, will secure the continuation of meteorological observations from the polar orbit. It will bring observations to a new standard, through the suite of innovative European instruments flown on the Metop-SG spacecraft.
The mission (known the EUMETSAT Polar System-Second Generation or EPS-SG) is composed of two series of spacecraft, Metop-SG A and B, flying on the same mid-morning orbit, like the current Metop satellites. The orbit height is in the range 823-848 (dependent on latitudes). There will be three satellites each of Metop-SG A and Metop-SG B.