# @europeanspaceagency on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DNSnoqVsCAM
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/35582059-europeanspaceagency-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/e9733c77fc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-08-13T09:55:00.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** J.L.Lopez (@xandler80) — https://gondola.cc/xandler80

## Caption

Liftoff! 🚀

On 13 August 2025 at 02:37 CEST the eumetsatmedia’s Metop-SGA1, which hosts the first copernicus_eu Sentinel-5 instrument, launched from Kourou spaceport. Shortly after the satellite sent back its first signal and opened its solar panel.

Metop-SGA1 is the first in a series of three successive pairs of satellites that will ensure delivery of global observations from polar orbit for weather forecasting and climate analysis.

Sentinel-5A will deliver daily global data on key air pollutants, essential climate variables, and stratospheric ozone that protects us from ultraviolet radiation.

📹 europeanspaceagency / cnes_france / arianespace
📹 ESA - S. Corvaja
📸 ESA - S. Corvaja
📸 ESA – m.pedoussautphotos
📸 ESA - S. Corvaja
📹 ESA/ CNES / arianegroup / Arianespace

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## Credits

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| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| ESA - European Space Agency | @europeanspaceagency | https://gondola.cc/europeanspaceagency | Government Organization |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Producer |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Editor |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Social Media Manager |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Publisher |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Copywriter |
| J.L.Lopez | @xandler80 | https://gondola.cc/xandler80 | Community Manager |

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