The European weather satellite, Metop B was successfully launched at 1628 GMT on 17 September from Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan. The satellite will fly in a sun synchronous orbit at an average orbit of around 800 kilometres to provide imagery to the European Meteorological organisation (EUMETSAT) to assist in more accurate weather predictions.
Metop B launched successfully
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