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<p>Dear Platform Group,
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<br />A request has come in for a new code for the vessel <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=17222' target='_blank'>MetOp-A</a> from GERMANY(DE). This code suggestion will need confirmation by NOAA.
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<br /><b>Original Requester : Paul McGarrigle (pamcg@bodc.ac.uk)</b>
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<br />Proposed Code : 064Q
<br />Name : <a href='http://vocab.ices.dk/Request/Default.aspx?id=17222' target='_blank'>MetOp-A</a>
<br />Country(s) : GERMANY(DE) (ISO Country Code)
<br />Platform Class : 65 Orbiting satellite
<br />Commissioned Date : 2006-10-19
<br />Decommissioned Date : 2016
<br />Notes : Meteorological operational satellite. 1st flight unit of the EPS programme. Main mission is operational meteorology. Command and Control of MetOp is performed from the EPS Control Room at EUMETSAT Headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany.
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<br /><b> Information Sources:</b>
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<br /> - http://www.wmo-sat.info/oscar/satellites/view/306
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<br /> - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MetOp
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<br />No comments have been made about this Platform Code yet.
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<br />Kind regards,
<br />The ICES Data Centre
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<br />International Council for the Exploration of the Sea
<br />Email: accessions@ices.dk
<br />Web: http://www.ices.dk
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<br /></p><p><hr />This email has been generated by the ICES Platform Code Requests Application</p>
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