News & Features Filter by Type Article News Categories Satellites Land Data Organisation Meteosat Metop Tags Cooperation Data Centre Ground Segment International Launch Partners Satellite Applications Facility (SAF) Orbit Corporate Events IASI EPS Press Release Date 2012 Date January February March April May June July August September October November December 28 results Tuesday, 18 December 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Wednesday, 21 November 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Friday, 16 November 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Tuesday, 30 October 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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 Saturday, 27 October 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog Data Centre Newsletter December 2012 New formats and products available from the Data Centre. Friday, 26 October 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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 Tuesday, 23 October 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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). Monday, 1 October 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Friday, 28 September 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Friday, 21 September 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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 Monday, 17 September 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog 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. Thursday, 30 August 2012 EUMETSAT Science Blog EUMETSAT signs cooperation agreement with China State Oceanic Administration Today’s signature of a cooperation agreement on the exchange of oceanographic satellite data between EUMETSAT and the China State Oceanic Administration’s (SOA’s) National Satellite Ocean Application Service (NSOAS) will further increase cooperation with China and create new opportunities for the oceanography user community. Load More
