Following a management meeting with Arianespace, the launch date of the Metop-B polar-orbiting satellite has been set to 23 May 2012.
On that date, after lift-off from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Metop-B satellite will be delivered by a Soyuz 21a launcher to an 817 km high, sun-synchronous orbit.
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