Press releases Apply Refine results Type News Article Categories Satellites Ocean Organisation Metop Jason Tags Cooperation Press Release Date 2016 Date October SHOW ALL 3 results News 31 October 2016 International science meeting discusses achievements and prospects for Ocean Altimetry Under the motto ‘New era of altimetry, new challenges’ the 2016 meeting of the international Ocean Surface Topography Science Team (OSTST) starts today in La Rochelle, France. News 19 October 2016 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. News 14 October 2016 Dual Capacity Established for Jason High Precision Ocean Altimetry Mission After a series of re-orbiting manoeuvres for Jason-2, a dual Jason capability has been established, increasing the data flow for ocean models through enhanced spatial and temporal sampling of the ocean variables.