Copernicus Sentinel-6B entered operational service on 30 October 2026, ensuring that a satellite record of global sea level ...

In August, the Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer - New Generation (IASI-NG) will take to the skies on board the Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) satellite. This instrument will ...

EUMETSAT currently operates three satellites from the Meteosat Second Generation, Meteosat-9, -10 and -11 in geostationary orbit (36,000km) over Europe, Africa and part of the Indian Ocean. It also ...

In-fa is a tropical cyclone in the western North Pacific that was upgraded on 28 October to a super typhoon by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center. Moving west at 10 knots, the super typhoon has maximum ...

EUMETSAT’s aim is to make the data available as quickly and easily as possible. Listed below are the ways we make EUMETSAT data available. EUMETCast transmits a stream of near-real-time data to user ...

This week’s image is a view of smoke plumes and haze from fires in Kalimantan on the island of Borneo. This week’s image shows Tropical Storm Fay moving west across the Atlantic Ocean. This week’s ...

Utilising specialist expertise from the Member States, Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs) are dedicated centres of excellence for processing satellite data. The H SAF generates and archives ...

Following the successful first edition of the EUMETSAT Foresight Workshop in October 2025, we are pleased to announce the Second EUMETSAT Foresight Workshop, which will take place on 19–20 October ...

Last June, devastating wildfires broke out across Europe. Dry vegetation paired with low soil moisture and strong winds contributed to fires in Spain, Portugal, Montenegro, Ukraine, Türkiye and beyond ...

Once fully operational under EUMETSAT’s responsibility and following a commissioning phase led by the European Space Agency (ESA), Sentinel-5 will deliver daily, high-quality data to support ...

Commands from the Mission Control Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, are sent via antennas at our ground stations to the satellites. Telemetry, which is information from the satellites, is sent from the ...

This announcement was made following the approval of an updated launch service agreement at an extraordinary meeting of the EUMETSAT Council in Darmstadt, Germany on 2 September. The improved ...