gptkbp:instance_of
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gptkb:satellite
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:Advanced_Scatterometer_(ASCAT)
gptkb:Infrared_Atmospheric_Sounding_Interferometer_(IASI)
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gptkbp:check_in_time
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12 hours
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gptkbp:collaborations
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gptkb:ECMWF
gptkb:ESA
gptkb:WMO
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gptkbp:collection
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Continuous
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gptkbp:communication
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X-band
S-band
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gptkbp:community
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gptkb:physicist
Government agencies
Climatologists
Private sector
Meteorologists
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gptkbp:cooling_system
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Passive thermal control
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gptkbp:data_type
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gptkb:Library
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gptkbp:data_usage
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Environmental monitoring
Weather forecasting
Climate monitoring
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gptkbp:design
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5 years
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gptkbp:elevation
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817 km
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gptkbp:format
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JPE G2000
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gptkbp:home_ground
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gptkb:EUMETSAT
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Metop-B
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gptkbp:instrument
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gptkb:AMSU-A
gptkb:GOME-2
gptkb:GRAS
gptkb:Advanced_Very_High_Resolution_Radiometer_(AVHRR)
MHS
IASI
SAPHIR
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gptkbp:launch_date
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September 17, 2012
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gptkbp:launch_site
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gptkb:Baikonur_Cosmodrome
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gptkbp:launch_vehicle
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gptkb:Soyuz-2.1b
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gptkbp:lighting
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October 2012
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gptkbp:mass
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4,850 kg
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gptkbp:mission
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gptkb:satellite
Polar orbit
Meteorological observations
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gptkbp:operational_status
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Active
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gptkbp:operator
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European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
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gptkbp:orbital_inclination
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98.7 degrees
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gptkbp:power_output
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Solar panels
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:Metop-A
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gptkbp:products
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gptkb:High
Atmospheric data
Meteorological data
Environmental data
Climate data
Oceanographic data
Land surface data
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gptkbp:provides_information_on
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gptkb:football_club
Government agencies
Research institutions
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gptkbp:resolution
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1 km
High resolution
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gptkbp:status
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Operational
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:Metop-C
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