EUMETSAT Corporate News http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&nodeId=115&l=en This is a EUMETSAT Website RSS feed EUMETSAT Wed, 16 May 2012 21:04:46 UTC http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=818132&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en New Infrastructure Building inaugurated Fri, 20 Apr 2012 12:24:00 UTC http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=818132&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en EUMETSAT’s New Infrastructure Building (NIB) was inaugurated during a ceremony on 20 April in the presence of guests from politics, business and public institutions. http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=817426&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en Signature of the MESA financing agreement Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:15:00 UTC http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=817426&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en On 29 March 2012, the African Union Commission (AUC) and the European Commission marked the signature of the financing agreement for the Monitoring of Environment and Security in Africa (MESA) programme, which aims to facilitate sustainable access to Africa-wide environmental information derived from Earth observations. http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=817025&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en Preparing the MSG-3 satellite for launch Tue, 13 Mar 2012 10:37:00 UTC http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=817025&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en EUMETSAT will launch its third Meteosat Second Generation (MSG-3) satellite this summer to ensure continuity of real-time weather monitoring from geostationary orbit 36,000 km from Earth, a vital service for safety currently provided by Meteosat-9 and the aging Meteosat-8, launched in August 2002. http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=816301&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en Joint Research Announcement for OSTST participation Tue, 28 Feb 2012 09:24:00 UTC http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=816301&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en EUMETSAT and the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), the French space agency, have published a Joint Research Announcement calling for research proposals within the framework of the Jason-2/Ocean Surface Topography Mission (J-2/OSTM). http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=816165&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en MTG contract signed Fri, 24 Feb 2012 14:28:00 UTC http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=816165&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en On 24 February, the development contract for Europe's third generation of geostationary meteorological satellites was signed between the European Space Agency (ESA) and Thales Alenia Space. http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=815673&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en Sentinel-3 Calibration and Validation Meeting Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:37:00 UTC http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=815673&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en EUMETSAT and the European Space Agency (ESA) are organising a joint planning meeting in Frascati, Italy, on 20-22 March 2012 on the calibration and validation of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Sentinel-3 satellite instruments. http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=815061&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en GMES and Africa Coordination Team meets in Lisbon Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:20:00 UTC http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=815061&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en The Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) and Africa Coordination Team, consisting of members from Africa and Europe, met in Lisbon on 23-24 January 2012 to discuss the way forward for this initiative, taking into account the recommendations of the Space Troika meeting between Africa and Europe at the African Union Commission (AUC) premises in December 2011. http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=814949&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en EUMETCast expands global dissemination to include FY-3B data Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:26:00 UTC http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=814949&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en 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. http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=814934&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en 10th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa Fri, 20 Jan 2012 08:12:00 UTC http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=814934&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en 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. http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=814227&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en Report of CGMS-39 now published Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:10:00 UTC http://www.eumetsat.int/idcplg?IdcService=SS_GET_PAGE&ssDocName=814227&ssTargetNodeId=115&l=en The final report of the 39th session of the plenary meeting of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) 2011 is now available online.