26 July 2021
EUMETSAT strengthens environment monitoring role
... cloud, without energy-intensive duplication of data streams and archives," Evans said. WEkEO is a joint service involving EUMETSAT, the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Mercator Ocean International and the European Environment...
14 July 2016
Sentinel 3A satellite handed over to Eumetsat
... complementary roles in the operation of Sentinel-3," said Josef Aschbacher, ESA's Director of Earth Observation Programmes. "ESA and Eumetsat are working together closely to ensure data and product availability for land and marine user communities...
05 April 2017
The final journey for EUMETSAT’s oldest operational meteorological satellite
What happens to a satellite when it has reached the end of its life? For EUMETSAT’s oldest operational meteorological satellite, Meteosat-7, it is on its way to its final resting place in the “graveyard orbit” in the ...
February 2019
European system for global weather forecasting and climate change detection
... following-on from the Initial Joint Polar System (IJPS). EPS-SG is expected to increase direct socio-economic benefits to EUMETSAT member states and leverage additional benefits through its integration into the JPS, in addition to cooperation in the...
14 November 2019
Met services prepare for next-generation satellite systems
... Ratier said the organisation's two next-generation meteorological satellite systems, Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) and EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation (EPS-SG), will help forecasters and climate scientists meet some of their biggest...
January 2023
Portugal’s sustainable space strategy
... joined the first space-related international organisation when it became a member of the European Meteorological Organisation (EUMETSAT). The next decade marked a significant milestone for Portugal with the launch of the first Portuguese satellite...
