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EUMETCast satellite includes data and derived products from the geostationary Meteosat satellites, Meteosat-7 (over the Indian Ocean), 8, 9 and 10 and the Metop-A, B & C and NOAA polar orbiting satellites, plus data from other meteorological programmes, such as Jason-2 (the Ocean Surface Topography Mission).
The satellite was handed over to EUMETSAT operations on 22 October 2006. The first image was received at 08:00 UTC on 25 October 2006 [ 7 ] — a visible light image of Scandinavia and Eastern Europe — but there was a six-month period of verification and calibration of the satellite and its instrument payload before it was declared operational.
EUMETSAT's first commands to the satellite were sent at 14:04 UTC on October 22, 2006. The second EPS satellite, Metop-B, was launched from Baikonur on 17 September 2012, [ 2 ] and the third, Metop-C, was launched from Centre Spatial Guyanais in Kourou , French Guiana on 7 November 2018 by Arianespace using a Soyuz ST-B launch vehicle with a ...
The process is aimed at capturing the foreseeable needs of users of EUMETSAT's satellite data in the 2015-2025 timeframe. [12] On 19 March 2010, ESA chose Thales Alenia Space for a final negotiation leading to a contract to be signed during June. [13] On 22 June 2010, EUMETSAT confirmed the choice of Thales Alenia Space. [14]
An asteroid nearly the size of a football field now has roughly a 0.28% chance of hitting Earth in about eight years, NASA says — though at one point earlier its estimate reached as high as 3.1% ...
Recovery efforts were underway across the eastern U.S. after a powerful storm inundated communities with heavy rain and caused at least 13 deaths.
Last week, a man who claimed his girlfriend had died from an overdose was sentenced to 28 years behind bars for killing her. Toby Loughnane, 45, of Melbourne, Australia, was found guilty of the ...
The in-orbit operations for Sentinel-3 are managed by EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany. This includes monitoring the health of the satellite and the instruments, and coordinates housekeeping telemetry and commands at the main flight control center in Darmstadt, Germany. EUMETSAT maintains a Back-Up Control Centre in Torrejon, Spain.