News & Features Apply Refine results Type Article News Categories Metop Satellites Organisation Tags Launch AMSU IASI Metop Press Release Date 2018 Date July November December SHOW ALL 5 results 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 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.