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Abidjan Declaration on transition to MTG adopted at ministerial level
Friday, 22 February 2019
The 4th Session of the African Ministerial Conference on Meteorology (AMCOMET) took place this week in Cairo, Egypt. Yesterday, ministers endorsed the Abidjan Declaration in support of the new...
Public release of first Metop-C data from the GRAS instrument
Thursday, 21 February 2019
Metop-C GRAS Level 1B data and ROM SAF GRAS Level 2 data will be available from 7 March.
GOES-17 data available on EUMETCast
Thursday, 14 February 2019
As GOES-17 went into operations as NOAA’s GOES-West satellite on 12 February 2019, GOES-17 data is available on EUMETCast from today (14 February).
New version of the MSG Evapotranspiration product from LSA SAF available soon
Thursday, 07 February 2019
An enhanced Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) Evapotranspiration product from LSA SAF will be distributed on EUMETCast from 20 February.
Continued high precision measurement of Earth’s sea level is assured
Thursday, 17 January 2019
The most accurate source of measurements of the Earth’s rising sea levels – the Jason-3 satellite mission – will continue for at least two more years from today after the extension of its mission.
Metop-C’s IASI instrument delivers first spectrum
Darmstadt, Germany
Thursday, 13 December 2018
A critical element of polar-orbiting meteorological satellite Metop-C’s payload – the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) – delivered its first spectrum today.
Upcoming Meteosat-11 SEVIRI decontamination
Thursday, 13 December 2018
A Meteosat-11 SEVIRI decontamination will be performed from 21 to 28 January 2019.
European satellite control centre of the future unveiled in Darmstadt
Friday, 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.
EUMETSAT TAKES OVER OPERATIONS OF SENTINEL-3B SATELLITE
Wednesday, 28 November 2018
As of today, EUMETSAT has responsibility for the full dual spacecraft operations of Sentinel-3A and 3B and the marine data production. In the coming few weeks, the team will complete those...
US, European teams welcome Metop-C’s first AMSU image
Monday, 19 November 2018
The first science data from the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU-A) on board Metop-C has been received after the instrument was switched on just nine days after the satellite’s launch on 6...
First light for Metop-C: AVHRR
Monday, 12 November 2018
EUMETSAT’s polar-orbiting satellite Metop-C has sent its first image back to Earth, less than a week after its launch on 7 November.
EUMETSAT takes over control of Metop-C and starts flight operations of a three-Metop constellation
Darmstadt, Germany
Monday, 12 November 2018
After three days of intensive testing by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), EUMETSAT has taken over control of its newest polar-orbiting meteorological satellite, Metop-C, and started...
EUMETSAT’s third Metop satellite successfully launched
Darmstadt, Germany
Wednesday, 07 November 2018
At 01:47 CET (21:47 Kourou time), EUMETSAT’s polar-orbiting meteorological satellite Metop-C was successfully launched on a Soyuz ST-B rocket from the European Space Port in Kourou, French Guiana.
Upcoming Metop-B Out-Of-Plane manoeuvre
Monday, 29 October 2018
An Out-Of-Plane manoeuvre for Metop-B will be performed on 31 October
Release of a new version of CODA
Monday, 22 October 2018
A new version of CODA (Copernicus Online Data Access) will be released on 29 October.
Metop Topside Total Electron Content now available
Thursday, 06 September 2018
Topside Total Electron Content is now available from GNSS observations collected onboard Metop-A and Metop-B.