Spire Global, Inc. (NYSE: SPIR), global provider of space-based data, analytics and space services, has been awarded a multi-million euro contract by EUMETSAT, Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, to provide radio occultation […]
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The Arctic Weather Satellite completed and heading for testing
Only 36 months were required to develop and build ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite (AWS). Now complete, this smallsat has been shipped from OHB in Sweden to Germany where the craft […]
EUMETSAT Polar System satellites are now involved in testing + integration with Airbus D&S
Metop Second Generation A1 and B1 (Metop-SGA1 and Metop-SGB1) are the first pair of a total of six satellites in the EUMETSAT Polar System – Second Generation (EPS-SG) system. These […]
EUMETSAT + Canadian Space Agency to lead disaster response initiative
Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) have taken up the rotating leadership of a global group that provides satellite data to support responses to disasters […]
Milestone reached for MTG-S1
Following on from the launch of the first Meteosat Third Generation weather satellite, MTG-I1, last December, the European Space Agency (ESA) focus is now on getting its partner satellite, MTG-S1, […]
Europe’s first lightning imager captures 1,000 pictures per second that help produce a meteorological breakthrough
The first satellite instrument continuously detecting lightning over Europe and Africaison is delivering a breakthrough for the detection and prediction of severe storms. Europe’s meteorological satellite agency, EUMETSAT, and the […]
ENENSYS and Telespazio’s uplink services provide weather forecast for EUMETCast Europe’s
ENENSYS Technologies, provider of media delivery solutions, is collaborating with Telespazio, a Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) joint venture, to provide EUMETSAT with a new uplink service for EUMETCast Europe , a […]
Airbus delivers the 1st Sentinel-4 air-monitoring instrument to ESA
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully delivered the first Sentinel-4/UVN (Ultraviolet, Visible and Near Infra-Red) multispectral instrument flight model to the European Space Agency (ESA) — this instrument will be […]
EUMETSAT’s MTG-11 + two Intelsat satellites are successfully sent to orbit via an Arianespace Ariane 5 launch vehicle
On Tuesday, December 13th, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. local time, an Ariane 5 launcher, operated by Arianespace, successfully lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana (South America), carrying […]
EUMETSAT examining the expansion of the organization’s LEO fleet
EUMETSAT will examine the expansion of its LEO-orbiting fleet with new, complementary, satellite systems. Meeting in Darmstadt, Germany, the EUMETSAT Council authorized the organization to proceed with a €26.8 million […]