Press Releases Filter by Type Article News Categories Satellites Data Organisation Metop Tags Ground Segment EPS-SG Corporate Data Access Press Release Date 2011 Date January February June October 4 results Wednesday, 19 October 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog Fifth anniversary of Metop-A in orbit Today marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of EUMETSAT’s Metop-A satellite Wednesday, 29 June 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog EUMETSAT Council approves SAF CDOP-2 and discusses EPS-SG Proposal EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 72nd Council meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 28-29 June Friday, 4 February 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog McMurdo Station receives first data from Metop-A satellite EUMETSAT and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) successfully completed the first acquisition of data from EUMETSAT’s Metop-A satellite at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on 19 January 2011 Tuesday, 18 January 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog EUMETSAT extends coverage of direct readout of Metop data EUMETSAT has extended the existing coverage of direct readout of data from the instruments on board its Metop polar-orbiting satellite via the Advanced High Resolution Picture Transmission (AHRPT) system, making the data available to more users globally