Monitoring Weather
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Reliable weather forecasts are essential for human safety.
Operating Satellites
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Our satellites orbit the Earth at the same speed as the Earth rotates, thus observing systematically the same part of the Earth.
Management
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The EUMETSAT matrix organisation captures all the expertise required to deliver programmes agreed by the Council.
Governance
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The Council is the supreme decision-making body of EUMETSAT to which the Director-General reports, as the Chief Executive Officer.
Strategy
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EUMETSAT’s vision is to be the leading user-driven operational agency in Europe for Earth observation satellite programmes that fulfil the objectives of its Convention.
Who we are
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EUMETSAT is the European operational satellite agency for monitoring weather, climate and the environment from space.
COVID-19 - Latest status of services for users
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In these very special times, we continue to work to the best of our ability to ensure that our operational services are delivered without interruption or delay.
Support to Multi-Frequency Microwave Scatterometer measurements during MOSAiC
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This project provides valuable Fiducial Reference Measurements from the Arctic region for the validation of several EUMETSAT, EU Copernicus and ESA missions.
The story behind the decision to rename a satellite
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Naming a satellite after a person – other than historical or mythical figures – is a very rare occurrence.
Europe honours US Earth science champion by bestowing his name on satellite
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The first spacecraft in the next-generation of a joint US-European satellite mission monitoring global sea level rise will be named after retired NASA scientist Mike Freilich, in honour of his decades-long championing of Earth science.