European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)

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Darmstadt

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Eumetsat moved the MTG-S1 launch from Ariane 6 to Falcon 9 to ensure the spacecraft would launch in 2025 and agreed to use Ariane 6 for future satellite launches.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipJul 7, 2025The long recovery from a launcher crisis

A Falcon 9 launched the MTG-S1 weather satellite for Eumetsat from Kennedy Space Center in 2025.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipJul 7, 2025The long recovery from a launcher crisis

EUMETSAT moved the MTG-S1 weather satellite launch from Ariane 6 to SpaceX Falcon 9 to ensure the spacecraft would launch in 2025.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipJul 7, 2025The long recovery from a launcher crisis

The 2025 Ariane 6 manifest is backloaded, with the next launch of a Eumetsat weather satellite scheduled no earlier than August 2025.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralJul 7, 2025The long recovery from a launcher crisis

The MTG series is developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) on behalf of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralJul 3, 2025Neue Wettersatelliten-Generation für bessere Unwettervorhersagen

Eumetsat moved its MTG-S1 geostationary weather satellite to a Falcon 9 launch last month after previously planning to fly it on Ariane 6.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipJul 23, 2024Europe sees Ariane 6 launch as an end to its “launcher crisis”

The DestinE system includes a Core Service Platform operated by ESA, Digital Twins managed by ECMWF, and a DestinE Data Lake managed by EUMETSAT.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralJun 17, 2024Destination Earth Data Lake with contribution of European cloud technology

CloudFerro delivers and operates the DestinE Data Lake as the core element of the Destination Earth system under contract to EUMETSAT.

Mentioned as: EUMETSATOrg RelationshipJun 17, 2024Destination Earth Data Lake with contribution of European cloud technology

EUMETSAT will operate both the Sentinel-5 spacecraft and the Sentinel-5 instrument.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative PlanJun 3, 2024Airbus delivers 1st Sentinel-5 instrument for satellite integration

Grasp provides software and remote-sensing services to the European Space Agency and the European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological SatellitesOrg RelationshipJan 29, 2024Grasp instrument monitors Earth’s atmosphere and surface

EUMETSAT awarded Spire Global a multi-million-euro contract to provide radio occultation data.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralDec 14, 2023EUMETSAT’s multi-million euro contract to Spire for satellite weather data

Spire Global has been awarded a multi-million euro contract by EUMETSAT to provide radio occultation data.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralDec 13, 2023EUMETSAT Awards Spire Global Contract for Satellite Weather Data

DoD planners and military weather analysts plan to use data from NOAA, EUMETSAT, the Japan Meteorological Agency, and other partners to supplement U.S. military-owned satellite capacity.

Mentioned as: EUMETSATOrg RelationshipNov 21, 2023As military weather satellites near end of life, DoD turns to partners for data

EUMETSAT has developed sophisticated ground systems in high-tech mission control centers at its Darmstadt headquarters to operate the Metop-SG spacecraft and to receive, process, disseminate, and archive their data.

Mentioned as: EUMETSATOrg RelationshipNov 16, 2023EUMETSAT Polar System satellites are now involved in testing + integration with Airbus D&S

EUMETSAT defines the MTG system requirements, develops the ground systems, procures the launch services, operates the satellites, and makes the MTG data available to users.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralAug 15, 2023Milestone reached for MTG-S1

Phil Evans is the Director-General of EUMETSAT.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Narrative GeneralJul 27, 2023CNES teams up with the Copernicus WEkEO federation

EUMETSAT and CNES signed an agreement that increases the volume of data available on the Copernicus WEkEO platform.

Mentioned as: EUMETSATTechnical ProductJul 27, 2023CNES teams up with the Copernicus WEkEO federation

WEkEO is jointly operated by EUMETSAT, ECMWF, the European Environment Agency (EEA), and Mercator Ocean International.

Mentioned as: EUMETSATOrg RelationshipJul 27, 2023CNES teams up with the Copernicus WEkEO federation

WEkEO v1 is used by more than 14,000 users and provides access to over 410 data sets from EUMETSAT and WEkEO partners.

Mentioned as: European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)Org RelationshipJul 13, 2023Thales Alenia Space Selected to Implement WEkEO 2.0 Infrastructure for Eumetsat and Partners

MTG-I1 is operated by EUMETSAT from its headquarters in Darmstadt, Germany.

Mentioned as: EUMETSATTechnical ProductJul 13, 2023Europe’s first lightning imager captures 1,000 pictures per second that help produce a meteorological breakthrough

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