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4 February 2011
NOAA successfully completed the first acquisition of data from EUMETSAT’s Metop-A satellite at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on 19 January 2011.
Utilising specialist expertise from the Member States, Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs) are dedicated centres of excellence for processing satellite data.
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The LSA SAF exploits remotely-sensed data on land, land-atmosphere interactions and biosphere applications.
Nowcasting is a weather forecast for the next few hours, based on current information.
The OSI SAF provides comprehensive information on the ocean-atmosphere interface.
The AC SAF processes satellite data on ozone, other trace gases, aerosols and ultraviolet data.
The ROM SAF generates and archives high-quality GNSS Radio Occultation (RO) data for NWP.
The Central Facility is responsible for the generation of level 1 data and level 2 products.
The NWP SAF supports the interface between satellite data and European activities in NWP.
The EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) ground station is located on Spitsbergen, Svalbard.
The CM SAF generates and archives high-quality climate datasets.
15 December 2017
The two Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) mission data acquisition (MDA) ground stations developed under a EUMETSAT contract by a European consortium led by Telespazio passed their Preliminary Acceptance Review on 30 November, after a comprehensive validation test campaign.
The H SAF generates and archives datasets and products for operational hydrological applications.
The Sentinel-3 ground segment comprises of a number of interconnected sites with different responsibilities.
The EUMETSAT Mission Control Centres (MCC) are responsible for the safe operations of all our satellites.
The EPS-SG ground segment will support the ground functions required to meet the EPS-SG missions objectives.
Primary Ground Stations (PGS) supporting the MSG satellites.
22 March 2012
The second Continuous Development and Operations Phase (CDOP-2) for EUMETSAT’s Satellite Application Facility (SAF) network which began this month will improve and expand the portfolio of SAF products and services over the next five years
30 November 2018
Europe’s most modern satellite control centre has been unveiled at the Darmstadt headquarters of EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.
Ground-based infrastructure necessary to support the operation of our satellites.
19–20 November 2014, Toulouse, France
Centre International de Conférences - Météo-France - Toulouse - France
29 June 2011
EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 72nd Council meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 28-29 June