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Europe: Meteosat-9 satellite takes over Rapid Scanning Service

Slow-moving low off Portugal captured by Meteosat-9.

On 9 April 2013, Eumetsat's Meteosat-9 satellite took over the rapid scanning imagery service (RSS) from Meteosat-8.

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Wed, 10/04/2013 - 10:07
latitude: 
49.8776
longitude: 
8.65176

EUMETSAT: Dissemination of Meteosat-10 satellite data has started

On 12 December 2012, EUMETSAT's MSG-3 satellite was declared ready to support the Meteosat operational services and renamed Meteosat-10.

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Wed, 19/12/2012 - 10:57
latitude: 
49.8651
longitude: 
8.62747

EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service (EARS) turns 10

For ten years the EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service (EARS) has been providing real-time satellite data from areas where traditional observational data are sparse.

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Mon, 26/11/2012 - 08:13

EUMETSAT and China State Oceanic Administration sign cooperation agreement

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) and China State Oceanic Administration’s (SOA’s) National Satellite Ocean Application Service (NSO

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Wed, 05/09/2012 - 11:45

ESA hands over weather satellite for operations

ESA's weather satellite MSG-3 has smoothly traveled 36 000 km above the Equator. The satellite is now nearly in its geostationary orbit, drifting slowly east toward its final orbit position.

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Tue, 17/07/2012 - 09:35

Eumetsat joins the International Charter

The European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites – Eumetsat – formally became the newest member of the International Charter ‘Space and Major Disasters’ on 5 July.

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Fri, 06/07/2012 - 16:20

MSG-3 satellite ready to continue weather-monitoring service

International partners are looking ahead to the newest member in a series of weather satellites that deliver images to European forecasters: MSG-3 is set for launch this summer.

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Thu, 08/03/2012 - 12:03

Satellite observations show potential to improve ash cloud forecasts

Predicting the exact dispersal of a volcanic ash cloud is never going to be easy.

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Mon, 30/05/2011 - 17:08

MTG programme receives full approval

On 25 February 2011 and following the approval of Belgium, all Member States of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) committed to the Meteosat Thir

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Thu, 03/03/2011 - 14:49
latitude: 
50.5039
longitude: 
4.46994

Cooperation countering wildfires in South Africa by testing ICT System

The Advancing Information and Communication Technology for Disaster risk management in Africa (AÏDA) project aims at sharing knowledge about affordable ICT solutions in support of DRM in Afric

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Fri, 31/07/2009 (All day)