All Related Apply Refine results Type News General Page Article Blog Post Features Categories Land Weather Science Metop Tags Metop-A ASCAT Third Party Visiting Scientists Metop-C Metop-B Press Release Date 2021 2017 SHOW ALL 3 results News 30 November 2021 Europe’s first polar-orbiting weather satellite successfully deorbited Metop-A has been providing meteorological data to global users for fifteen years. News 15 November 2021 Europe’s first meteorological satellite in polar orbit ends its run Metop-A has been providing meteorological data to global users for fifteen years. Science Analysis of soil moisture from Metop-A ASCAT and SMOS Study by Kengo Miyaoka, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA).