All Related Apply Refine results Type Article Files & Media News Event Document Categories Satellites Data Organisation Meteosat Metop Tags Cooperation Ground Segment International Launch Partners Satellite Applications Facility (SAF) Orbit Corporate Events IASI Metop Press Release Date 2012 Date January February March April June July August September October November December SHOW ALL 28 results News 18 December 2012 MSG-3 declared operational as Meteosat-10 After the successful completion of in-orbit testing, on 12 December the MSG-3 satellite was declared ready to support the Meteosat operational services and renamed Meteosat-10. News 21 November 2012 Meteosat Third Generation agreement signed at Ministerial meeting The European Space Agency and EUMETSAT today signed the agreement on the Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite system at the ESA Ministerial Council in Naples, Italy. News 16 November 2012 Council approves EPS-SG Preparatory Programme and extends Indian Ocean service EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 77th Council meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, on 15 November. News 30 October 2012 The IASI instrument on Metop-B produces first data The Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) instrument on EUMETSAT’s Metop-B has produced its first calibrated infrared spectrum on 24 October at 14:58 UTC News 26 October 2012 Trial dissemination of Metop-B satellite data EUMETSAT has begun trial dissemination of data from instruments on board the Metop-B polar-orbiting satellite to partners, including the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Met Office (UK), Deutscher Wetterdienst and Météo-France News 23 October 2012 Trial dissemination of data from the MSG-3 satellite begins EUMETSAT has started trial dissemination of MSG-3 image data and meteorological products to national meteorological services in the organisation’s Member and Cooperating States and to the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF). News 1 October 2012 10th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa The 10th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa takes place at the UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) conference centre in Addis Ababa on 1-5 October 2012. Conferences & events 01–05 October 2012, Ethiopia, Addis Ababa EUMETSAT 10th African User Forum Ethiopia, Addis Ababa, 1-5 October 2012 News 28 September 2012 Metop-B delivers first data from polar orbit Four of the instruments on the Metop-B weather satellite (AMSU-A, ASCAT, MHS, GRAS) have been activated this week and are delivering data. News 21 September 2012 ESA hands over control of the Metop-B weather satellite to EUMETSAT Yesterday, at 18:30 local time EUMETSAT took control of Metop-B operations News 17 September 2012 Metop-B successfully launched At 18:28 CEST (22:28 Baikonur time), Metop-B was successfully launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on a Soyuz 2.1a rocket. Conferences & events 02–07 September 2012, Sopot, Poland 2012 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 3-7 September, Sopot, Poland Load More