Press Releases Filter by Type Article News Categories Satellites Organisation Metop Tags Cooperation IASI EPS Press Release Date 2016 Date April June September October 4 results Wednesday, 19 October 2016 EUMETSAT Science Blog Metop-A celebrates 10 years in orbit and high impact on weather forecasts Ten years ago today, EUMETSAT’s first polar-orbiting meteorological satellite, Metop-A, was launched by Soyuz from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. Tuesday, 20 September 2016 EUMETSAT Science Blog EUMETSAT and DLR sign agreement for METimage instruments to fly on Metop-Second Generation satellites Today, EUMETSAT and DLR signed a cooperation agreement for the development of the METimage instrument to be flown on three successive Metop-SG A satellites of the EUMETSAT Polar System Second Generation in the 2021-2042 timeframe. Tuesday, 28 June 2016 EUMETSAT Science Blog EUMETSAT and CNES sign agreement on ARGOS receivers to fly on Metop-SG satellites EUMETSAT’s Director-General, Alain Ratier, and Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of CNES, signed a cooperation agreement on the ARGOS Data Collection System to be included in the payload of the Metop-SG satellites of the EUMETSAT Polar System of Second Generation (EPS-SG). Monday, 11 April 2016 EUMETSAT Science Blog IASI Conference to discuss latest findings More than 130 meteorological experts, scientists and researchers will meet in Antibes Juan-les-Pins, France, on 11-15 April, for the fourth IASI conference jointly organised by EUMETSAT and the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES).
