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

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 — ...

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 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 ...