The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) is an intergovernmental organization that operates meteorological satellites to monitor weather and climate from space. It provides data to National Meteorological Services in its member states and users worldwide. EUMETSAT also operates several Copernicus missions on behalf of the European Union. Key partners include the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Commission, and National Meteorological Services.
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EUMETSAT will acquire control of Copernicus Sentinel-6B from ESA once it reaches its operational orbit.
Copernicus Sentinel-6B will contribute to monitoring river discharge, flooding, and drought conditions alongside existing and future Metop satellites from EUMETSAT.
Copernicus Sentinel-6B is operated by EUMETSAT for the European Commission's Copernicus Programme.
EUMETSAT will operate the full Sentinel-6 system through its commissioning phase, calibrating and validating all data before releasing it to Copernicus Marine Service users internationally.
The Sentinel-6/Jason-CS mission is a collaboration between NASA, ESA, EUMETSAT, and NOAA.
Sentinel-6 is noted as a significant example of successful cooperation among Eumetsat, the European Union, NASA, NOAA, and CNES, continuing a legacy of sea level measurement missions that began in the early 1990s.
The current portfolio in development at ESA is organized into three verticals: scientific missions, meteorological missions in partnership with Eumetsat, and the central pillar of the Copernicus program led by the European Union.
Through this mission, Europe consolidates its leadership in Earth observation and emphasizes the importance of international cooperation among ESA, NASA, NOAA, and Eumetsat.
EUMETSAT operates the MTG-S1 platform and manages global data dissemination.
The mission is implemented through a partnership between the European Commission, the European Space Agency (ESA), and EUMETSAT.
Information from the Arctic Weather Satellite’s microwave radiometer complements data from larger satellites provided by organisations such as Eumetsat, NOAA, and CMA.
Sentinel-4 is a hosted payload aboard EUMETSAT’s MTG-Sounder satellite and does not rely on its own spacecraft.
ESA plans to build the EPS-Sterna constellation in cooperation with Eumetsat.
EUMETSAT will take over management of operational data for all instruments on Metop-SGA1 after the in-orbit commissioning phase.
Part of the EUMETSAT processing chain for IASI-NG was developed by CNES.
Metop-SGA1 was developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) on EUMETSAT’s behalf and is operated by EUMETSAT.
The launch resulted from a collaboration with trusted partners, including the European Space Agency (ESA), EUMETSAT, and Arianespace.
In 2024, EUMETSAT selected SpaceX and its Falcon 9 rocket to launch a next-generation weather satellite.
EUMETSAT awarded a €3 million (approximately $3.5 million) contract renewal to Spire Global.
Spire Global, Inc. has been awarded a €3 million contract renewal by EUMETSAT as part of a two-year operational contract starting August 14, 2025.