News & Features Apply Refine results Type Article News Categories Organisation Tags Cooperation Corporate Partners Press Release Date 2016 Date June December SHOW ALL 2 results News 8 December 2016 EUMETSAT extends Metop-A lifetime The EUMETSAT Council agreed that the ageing, but still healthy, Metop-A satellite will be exploited on a “drifting” orbit from June 2017 onwards, in order to extend its useful lifetime from 2019 to 2022. News 3 June 2016 EUMETSAT hosts 44th CGMS Meeting From 5 to 10 June 2016, EUMETSAT will be hosting the 44th plenary session of the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) in Biot, France.