News & Features Apply Refine results Type Article News Categories Satellites Ocean Organisation Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Features - All EPS Sterna Tags Launch AMSU FCI LI Partners MTG Sentinel-3 Orbit Copernicus IASI Metop Press Release Date 2024 2022 2019 2018 2016 2015 2012 2009 SHOW ALL 31 results News 4 April 2024 Have a good flight AWS! Today is the last chance to see the Arctic Weather Satellite in Europe before it is launched. News 28 December 2022 EUMETSAT takes over control of its newest weather satellite EUMETSAT takes over control of the newest addition to its fleet of meteorological satellites. News 1 December 2022 Media invitation: Meteosat Third Generation - Imager 1 Launch Invitation for the media to attend press briefings and launch event for MTG-I1. News 29 September 2022 Long journey to the skies First of Meteosat Third Generation’s imager satellites on its way to its launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana. News 4 November 2019 Call For Media: Last glimpse of the Sentinel-6 satellite The Copernicus Sentinel-6 satellite, which will measure sea-level rise and ice thickness, will be available for a last visit in the cleanroom before it is further tested and prepared for launch in late 2020 from the Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. News 13 December 2018 Metop-C’s IASI instrument delivers first spectrum A critical element of polar-orbiting meteorological satellite Metop-C’s payload – the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) – delivered its first spectrum today. News 28 November 2018 EUMETSAT takes over operations of Sentinel-3B satellite As of today, EUMETSAT has responsibility for the full dual spacecraft operations of Sentinel-3A and 3B and the marine data production. In the coming few weeks, the team will complete those commissioning activities which could only be performed in the nominal orbital configuration and will ramp up the product releases. News 19 November 2018 US, European teams welcome Metop-C’s first AMSU image The first science data from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU-A) on board Metop-C has been received News 12 November 2018 EUMETSAT takes over control of Metop-C and starts flight operations of a three-Metop constellation After three days of intensive testing by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), EUMETSAT has taken over control of its newest polar-orbiting meteorological satellite, Metop-C, and started flight operations of a constellation of three Metop satellites. News 7 November 2018 EUMETSAT’s third Metop satellite successfully launched At 01:47 CET (21:47 Kourou time), EUMETSAT’s polar-orbiting meteorological satellite Metop-C was successfully launched on a Soyuz ST-B rocket from the European Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana. News 4 July 2018 Preparing for launch! Metop-C, the third and final satellite in a series that has made an unparalleled impact on weather forecast accuracy, has arrived in Kourou, French Guiana, to be prepared for launch. News 16 February 2016 EUMETSAT is preparing to exploit the Copernicus satellite on behalf of the European Union After today’s successful launch of Sentinel-3A, EUMETSAT is preparing to exploit the Copernicus satellite on behalf of the European Union, in cooperation with ESA. Load More