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July 31, 2012
Metop-A completes 30,000th orbit
On 31 July, EUMETSAT’s Metop-A polar-orbiting satellite completed its 30,000th orbit, which it started at 07:55:45 UTC.
June 20, 2012
Seeing solstices and equinoxes from space
Today (20 June) is the solstice, the longest day in the Northern Hemisphere and the shortest in the Southern Hemisphere.
June 1, 2012
Monitoring tropical cyclones from space
As the North Atlantic Hurricane season officially starts today (1 June) we take a look at how you can see tropical cyclones forming and follow where they are moving using satellite imagery.
May 29, 2012
Ocean training for South American forecasters
Forecasters and researchers from across South America recently took part in marine forecasting training, jointly set up by EUMETSAT and NOAA.
May 7, 2012
Good progress on MSG-3 launch preparations
All activities towards the 19 June launch are progressing well and overall preparations toward launch are being completed on schedule.
May 4, 2012
Sand at sea, as seen from space
A project comparing data from a research ship with satellite data, this week saw satellite data about dust verified with physical evidence.
April 18, 2012
Monitoring volcanoes from space
Two years ago when the Eyjafjallajökull volcano in Iceland erupted, satellite imagery proved to be instrumental in helping track the movement of the large ash plume. Twelve months on and another volcano in Iceland erupted — Grímsvötn. Once again, satellite imagery played a major role in helping scientists understand where the ash cloud was and where it was likely to go.
April 16, 2012
MSG-3 arrives at launch site
MSG-3, which is due to be launched on 19 June, safely arrived at its launch site on 13 April.
April 11, 2012
Taking a virtual trip on the research ship Polarstern
Today (11 April) EUMETSAT’s international training project EUMETrain starts tracking the movements of the German research icebreaker Polarstern. The ship will be cruising from Punta Arenas (Chile) to Bremerhaven (arriving 16 May), taking continuous measurements of atmospheric and marine properties, plus energy and material fluxes between ocean and atmosphere.
April 5, 2012
Solar array added to Metop-B
The solar array has been added to Metop-B and has successfully passed performance tests.
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