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[/td][td][/td] [td]== Development ==[/td]
[td]== Development ==[/td] [td]In May 2014 during [[ILA Berlin Air Show]], in the presence of chancellor [[Angela Merkel]], ESA, EUMETSAT and [[Airbus Defence and Space]] signed the first documents for the development of the second generation of [[MetOp]] satellites. <ref name="firstDocuments">{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/O...ther_forecasting_into_the_future|title=Taking weather forecasting into the future|publisher=[[ESA]]|date=20 May 2014|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> On 16 October 2014 contract was signed with Airbus Defence and Space for a construction of the satellites, worth {{Euro|1.3 billion}} in total for six spacecraft (on average {{Euro|266.7 million}} each).<ref name="contract">{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=44205|title=Airbus Defence and Space Signs MetOp-SG Meteorological Satellites Prime Contract with ESA|publisher=SpaceRef|date=16 October 2014|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> In December 2014 additional contracts were signed for Ice Cloud Imagers to be used on B-series satellites and three microwave sounder instruments.<ref name="contractMWS">{{cite news|url=http://airbusdefenceandspace.com/ne...r-microwave-sounder-instruments/|title=Airbus Defence and Space signs contract for Microwave Sounder instruments|publisher=[[Airbus Defence and Space]]|date=9 December 2014|access-date=1 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="contractICI">{{cite news|url=http://airbusdefenceandspace.com/ne...nts-for-the-metop-sg-satellites/|title=Airbus Defence and Space selected for ICI instruments for the MetOp-SG satellites |publisher=Airbus Defence and Space|date=8 December 2014|access-date=1 June 2015}}</ref>[/td]
[td]In May 2014 during the [[ILA Berlin Air Show]], in the presence of German chancellor [[Angela Merkel]], ESA, EUMETSAT and [[Airbus Defence and Space]] signed the first documents for the development of the second generation of [[MetOp]] satellites. <ref name="firstDocuments">{{cite web|url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/O...ther_forecasting_into_the_future|title=Taking weather forecasting into the future|publisher=[[ESA]]|date=20 May 2014|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> On 16 October 2014 a contract was signed with Airbus Defence and Space for the construction of the satellites, worth {{Euro|1.3 billion}} in total for six spacecraft (on average {{Euro|266.7 million}} each).<ref name="contract">{{cite web|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=44205|title=Airbus Defence and Space Signs MetOp-SG Meteorological Satellites Prime Contract with ESA|publisher=SpaceRef|date=16 October 2014|access-date=25 October 2014}}</ref> In December 2014 additional contracts were signed for Ice Cloud Imagers to be used on the B-series satellites and three microwave sounder instruments.<ref name="contractMWS">{{cite news|url=http://airbusdefenceandspace.com/ne...r-microwave-sounder-instruments/|title=Airbus Defence and Space signs contract for Microwave Sounder instruments|publisher=[[Airbus Defence and Space]]|date=9 December 2014|access-date=1 June 2015}}</ref><ref name="contractICI">{{cite news|url=http://airbusdefenceandspace.com/ne...nts-for-the-metop-sg-satellites/|title=Airbus Defence and Space selected for ICI instruments for the MetOp-SG satellites |publisher=Airbus Defence and Space|date=8 December 2014|access-date=1 June 2015}}</ref>[/td] [td][/td]
[td][/td] [td]== Launches ==[/td]
[td]== Launches ==[/td]
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