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27 April 2012
Additional measures required to ensure the availability of safe drop zones for parts of the launcher after lift off.
28 June 2012
The revised launch date for the Metop-B satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome has been set for 19 September 2012
17 September 2012
At 18:28 CEST (22:28 Baikonur time), Metop-B was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz 2.1a rocket.
21 September 2012
Yesterday, at 18:30 local time EUMETSAT took control of Metop-B operations
28 September 2012
Four of the instruments on the Metop-B weather satellite (AMSU-A, ASCAT, MHS, GRAS) have been activated this week and are delivering data.