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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 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.
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).
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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]
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.
MetOp-SG (Meteorological Operational Satellite - Second Generation) is a series of six meteorological satellites developed by European Space Agency and EUMETSAT to be launched from 2025 to 2039. [ 1 ]