COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Europe’s Meteosat-6 weather satellite on April 15 was moved into a graveyard orbit some 380 kilometers above the geostationary belt after 17 years of operations, the Eumetsat ...

The Meteosat third generation imager delivered imagery of Europe and Africa from 36,000 kilometers away (22,369 mi.). Credit: ...

Meteosat-9, currently positioned at 3.5° E, will take over Meteosat-8 as the prime IODC (Indian Ocean Data Coverage) satellite, at the target longitude of 45.5° E, from 1 June 2022. After 20 years of ...

A time-lapse view of Antarctica & the moon can be seen in footage captured by the Meteosat-11 satellite. Credit: Simon Proud ...

Marking a significant milestone for Europe's next fleet of meteorological satellites, ESA has given the go-ahead to Thales Alenia Space in France to start work on developing the Meteosat Third ...

On 24 January 2015, Meteosat-7 becomes the longest-serving operational satellite in EUMETSAT history, clocking up 17 years of monitoring the weather from space. On 24 January 2015, Meteosat-7 becomes ...

PARIS — A team led by ThalesAlenia Space of France and Italy and OHB Technology of Germany has been selected to build Europe’s next-generation meteorological satellites following a hotly contested — ...

A recently launched weather satellite has sent back its first image of Earth, showing our planet in gorgeous detail. The European Meteosat Third Generation Imager-1 was launched in December of last ...

The first images from Europe's new weather satellite, Meteosat-12, have just been released. The spacecraft, which sits 36,000km above the equator, was launched in December and is currently in a ...

Lynred, a developer infrared sensors for aerospace and defense, has announced the conclusion of its biggest space contract, worth "multi-millions of euros", thus far: the delivery to Thales Alenia ...

With a new lightning imager and advanced scanners, the third-generation satellite is set to boost weather forecasting and early storm detection. The first in a new generation of European weather ...

The latest spacecraft in Europe's long-running Meteosat series has just gone into orbit on an Ariane rocket. It is now being manoeuvred into a position some 36,000km above the Earth from where it can ...