The payload module of Europe’s MetOp-C weather satellite was tested inside ESTEC’s Large Space Simulator in March 2017. All images are licenced under a Creative Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO licence.

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he payload module of MetOp-C, Europe’s latest weather satellite, seen through the side door of Europe’s largest vacuum chamber, the 10 m-diameter Large Space Simulator, during testing in March 2017.

The payload module of MetOp-C, Europe’s latest weather satellite, seen through the side door of Europe’s largest vacuum chamber, the 10 m-diameter Large Space Simulator, during testing in March 2017. ESA–G. Porter, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO