Meteosat Third Generation agreement signed at Ministerial meeting21 November 2012
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Meteosat Third Generation agreement signed at Ministerial meeting21 November 2012 PR 38 2012 - The European Space Agency and EUMETSAT today signed the agreement on the Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite system at the ESA Ministerial Council in Naples, Italy.
MetOp-A captures Hurricane Sandy30 October 2012
MetOp-A captures Hurricane Sandy30 October 2012 Europe's polar orbiting weather satellite, MetOp-A, captured this image of Hurricane Sandy just as the huge storm hit the east coast of the US yesterday. The MetOp programme is developed as a joint undertaking between ESA and Eumetsat for operational...
Sea and space meet for business in Ireland08 October 2012
Sea and space meet for business in Ireland08 October 2012 A new ESA project led by Irish industry is putting satellite data to use for monitoring the quality of coastal water. The Irish minister for Research and Innovation is supporting this initiative, in line with the country’s job creation priorities.
Insurance industry adopts Earth observation for assessing floods03 October 2012 The use of data from Earth-observing satellites in the insurance business is still in the early stages, but pressure to be ready for more frequent extreme-weather events is increasing.
ESA hands over control of the Metop-B weather satellite to EUMETSAT21 September 2012
ESA hands over control of the Metop-B weather satellite to EUMETSAT21 September 2012 PR 30 2012 – Yesterday, at 18:30 local time EUMETSAT took control of Metop-B operations, following the three-day Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) conducted by the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) of the European Space Agency (ESA). The hando...
Europe’s second polar-orbiting weather satellite is aloft17 September 2012
Europe’s second polar-orbiting weather satellite is aloft17 September 2012 PR 28 2012 – The second Metop satellite was launched today from the Baikonur cosmodrome, in Kazakhstan, atop a Russian Soyuz launcher.
