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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Subject to a follow-up decision, the AWS constellation would be implemented with EUMETSAT according to the cooperation model established with Meteosat and MetOp satellites.
EUMETSAT confirmed Arianespace to launch the MTG-S1 sounder satellite and the MTG-I2 imager satellite using Ariane 6.
EUMETSAT signed a joint statement in December 2020 on the institutional exploitation of Ariane 6 and Vega C favoring a European preference for launchers on institutional missions in Europe.
Under Dr Josef Aschbacher’s leadership, Europe developed an Earth observation programme that includes all Sentinel missions as part of the EU-led Copernicus programme, all meteorological missions for EUMETSAT, and the Earth Explorer, Scout, and phi-sat missions developed for the ESA Member States.
Phil Evans led the UK delegation to EUMETSAT during his role at the UK Met Office.
EUMETSAT selected Arianespace for the launch of its MTG-I2 imaging satellite by confirming an option that was placed in July 2015 initially on Ariane 5 and will now use an Ariane 6.
Since June 1981, Arianespace has launched 13 satellites for EUMETSAT.
EUMETSAT took over flight operations of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich at its mission control centre in Darmstadt on 24 November.
EUMETSAT will work with ESA, NASA, NOAA, CNES, and scientists from Europe and the United States to calibrate Sentinel-6 products and validate the end-to-end system.
EUMETSAT operates the geostationary Meteosat-9, Meteosat-10 and Meteosat-11 satellites over Europe and Africa.
EUMETSAT operates Meteosat-8 over the Indian Ocean.
EUMETSAT developed the Sentinel-6 ground segment and will perform flight operations for the Sentinel-6 mission.
Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich is the first of two satellites jointly developed by NASA, NOAA, the European Space Agency, Eumetsat, and the European Commission to provide precise measurements of rising sea levels.
EUMETSAT will operate the Sentinel-6 satellite and will manufacture and supply its data products.
EUMETSAT will operate the Sentinel-6 satellite and will manufacture and supply the mission products.
Eumetsat switched the MTG-S1 and MTG-I2 launches to Ariane 6 because Ariane 5 will be unavailable after 2022.
Eumetsat plans to launch each of the three MTG satellites with a co-passenger satellite.
Eumetsat signed a contract with Arianespace in 2015 to launch two or three Meteosat Third Generation satellites on Ariane 5 rockets between 2019 and 2023.
Before nations report progress under the Paris agreement in 2023, space and environmental agencies plan to launch MicroCarb led by CNES; EUMETSAT’s Metop Second Generation A; the Methane Remote Sensing Lidar Mission, a joint project of DLR and CNES; and NASA’s GeoCarb.
The U.S. military obtains observations for U.S. Central Command from EUMETSAT’s Meteosat 8 geostationary weather satellite.