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 Europe’s next weather satellite passes final checks
The Metop-B weather satellite has now passed its final checks in the clean room at Astrium, Toulouse, and will soon be transported to the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, in readiness for a planned launch in May 2012. |
Monitoring the solar storm
While some people have been looking to the skies to try to spot the Northern Lights our controllers have been looking closely at our satellites. The Northern Lights or Aurora Borealis are caused by solar eruptions from the Sun — and these can have an impact on weather satellites. |
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EUMETCast expands global dissemination to include FY-3B data
As part of the ever growing cooperation with the China Meteorological Administration (CMA), EUMETSAT now receives and disseminates sounding data from a second Chinese polar-orbiting satellite, benefitting users in Europe and beyond. |
10th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa
EUMETSAT is pleased to announce that the 10th edition of its User Forum in Africa will take place in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on 1-5 October 2012. |
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