News & Features Filter by Type Article News Categories Satellites Ocean Organisation Meteosat Metop Sentinel Jason Tags AMSU OLCI Partners SLSTR SRAL Sentinel-3 Orbit Copernicus IASI EPS Press Release Launch Date 2019 2018 2016 2015 2012 2009 28 results Monday, 4 November 2019 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Thursday, 13 December 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Wednesday, 28 November 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Monday, 19 November 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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 Monday, 12 November 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Wednesday, 7 November 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Wednesday, 4 July 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Wednesday, 25 April 2018 EUMETSAT Science Blog The launch of Sentinel-3B opens a new era for operational oceanography The successful launch this evening of the Copernicus Sentinel-3B satellite from Plesetsk, Russia, will establish the European backbone of a space-based, global ocean monitoring system at the service of operational oceanography. Tuesday, 16 February 2016 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Sunday, 17 January 2016 EUMETSAT Science Blog Jason-3 successfully launched The Jason-3 high-precision ocean altimetry satellite was successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 19:42 CET (10:42 California time) on a Falcon 9 launcher procured by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as the acquisition agent for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). Thursday, 16 July 2015 EUMETSAT Science Blog MSG-4 successfully launched At 23:42:07 CEST (18:42:07 Kourou time) on 15 July 2015, MSG-4, the last in the MSG series of geostationary satellites, was successfully launched from Kourou, Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, on an Ariane-5 launcher. Monday, 6 July 2015 EUMETSAT Science Blog MSG-4 launch reset to 15 July Arianespace has announced that the launch date of the MSG-4 satellite from the European Spaceport in Kourou, originally foreseen for 8 July, has been reset to 15 July 2015. Load More
