Press Releases Filter by Type Article News Categories Satellites Data Organisation Metop Tags Ground Segment International EPS-SG Corporate Events Data Access Press Release Date 2011 Date January February March June July August October December 12 results Wednesday, 14 December 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog Estonia signs accession agreement with EUMETSAT The Republic of Estonia today signed the accession agreement to become a full Member State of EUMETSAT Thursday, 1 December 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog EUMETSAT Council sets sights on future and keeps Africa in view EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 74th Council meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, on 29 November 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 Monday, 29 August 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog Meteorological Satellite Conference in Oslo On 5-9 September, meteorologists, scientists and researchers will meet in Oslo, Norway, for the 2011 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference Friday, 29 July 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog Alain Ratier takes up his duties as EUMETSAT’s new Director-General Alain Ratier, 53, takes over as Director-General of EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, on 1 August 2011 Wednesday, 27 July 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog EUMETSAT and its partners celebrate 25th anniversary The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, EUMETSAT, holds the main celebratory event for its 25th anniversary at its headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany, on 28 July 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 Monday, 20 June 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog EUMETSAT celebrates 25th anniversary The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, EUMETSAT, celebrated its 25th anniversary on 19 June Thursday, 24 March 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog Cornerstone laid for New Infrastructure Building The cornerstone of EUMETSAT’s New Infrastructure Building (NIB) was laid during a ceremony on 24 March Friday, 25 February 2011 EUMETSAT Science Blog MTG programme receives full approval Following the approval of Belgium, all 26 EUMETSAT Member States have now firmly committed to the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) programme 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