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@prefix ns0: <http://gcmd.gsfc.nasa.gov/kms#> .

<https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/8c192c86-d07c-4e7b-af8f-92aa4b40fca7>
  skos:prefLabel "METOP"@en ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:narrower <https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/8143808e-1005-4fed-a469-c2bd5f1521bf> .

<https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/8143808e-1005-4fed-a469-c2bd5f1521bf>
  skos:inScheme <https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concepts/concept_scheme/platforms> ;
  skos:altLabel "MetOp-A"@en ;
  skos:prefLabel "METOP-A"@en ;
  ns0:altLabel [ ] ;
  skos:changeNote """2012-09-18 12:35:53.0 [saritz] Move Concepts 
add broader relation (METOP-A [8143808e-1005-4fed-a469-c2bd5f1521bf,32245] - METOP [8c192c86-d07c-4e7b-af8f-92aa4b40fca7,31825]); 
delete broader relation (null); 
""", """2016-06-09 15:16:18.0 [epneff] added altLabel 
insert AltLabel (id: null
text: MetOp-A
language code: en); 
""", """2012-09-18 12:35:22.0 [saritz] Cut Concepts 
delete broader relation (null); 
add broader relation (METOP-A [8143808e-1005-4fed-a469-c2bd5f1521bf,32245] - Trash Can/Platforms [6089b3e5-7db9-46e1-b73b-2d679f34abb4,40307]); 
""" ;
  a skos:Concept ;
  skos:definition """The MetOp-A satellite, developed by a consortium of European companies led by
the main contractor EADS-Astrium, France, builds on the heritage gained from a
successful series of European satellites, including the French Space Agency's
(CNES) SPOT and ESA'S ERS and Envisat.

The satellite consists of a Solar Array and two modules: the Payload Module
(PLM) and the Service Module (SVM). The PLM accommodates the whole suite of
instruments and associated support equipment. It includes advanced versions of
the widely used scatterometer and ozone-monitoring instruments already flying
onboard the ERS-2 satellite. The SVM, which interfaces with the launcher,
provides the main satellite support functions, such as command and control,
communications with the ground, power and orbit control and propulsion. 

MetOp-A carries a set of 'heritage' instruments, provided by the United States’
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the French Space
Agency (CNES), and a new generation of European instruments offering precise
sensing capabilities to both meteorologists and climatologists.

http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPmetop.html

[Summary from the ESA MetOp Meteorological Missions home page]


Group: Platform_Details
   Entry_ID: METOP-A
   Group: Platform_Identification
      Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites
      Platform_Series_or_Entity: METOP
      Short_Name: METOP-A
      Long_Name: Meteorological Operational Satellite - A
   End_Group
   Group: Platform_Associated_Instruments
      Short_Name: SARR
      Short_Name: SEM-2
      Short_Name: A-DCS
      Short_Name: AVHRR-3
      Short_Name: HIRS/4
      Short_Name: AMSU-B
      Short_Name: AMSU-A
      Short_Name: GOME-2
      Short_Name: ASCAT
      Short_Name: GRAS
      Short_Name: MHS
      Short_Name: IASI
   End_Group
   Group: Orbit
      Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous
   End_Group
   Online_Resource: http://www.esa.int/esaLP/LPmetop.html
   Group: Platform_Logistics
      Launch_Date: 2006-10-19
      Launch_Site: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Tyuratam, Russia
      Primary_Sponsor: ESA
   End_Group
End_Group"""@en ;
  skos:broader <https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/8c192c86-d07c-4e7b-af8f-92aa4b40fca7> .