A Russian Soyuz 2-1A launch vehicle has launched with the Metop-B satellite into orbit for the European Space Agency (ESA) and EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites). The 25th mission of Arianespace’s Starsem affiliate was on schedule, with liftoff at 16:28 GMT on Monday from Baikonur Cosmodrome’s PU-6 LC31 launch complex.
