Earth, captured once a day by the EUMETSAT meteorological satellite, have been time-lapsed. (video looped) Credit: Simon ...

As many European countries simmer in a deadly heatwave, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological ...

An Airbus-built satellite has been placed into orbit after successfully launching onboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s ...

With a global audience watching in anticipation at launch events and online, Metop Second Generation A1 (Metop-SGA1) – also ...

A series of satellites are set to be launched into space over the next 15 years to help “save lives” and give early warning of increasingly extreme weather, British experts have said. The Metop Second ...

It's been a busy evening for rocket launches, with two new vehicles leaving launchpads in the Americas.The Latest Tech News, ...

The satellite carries a suite of six advanced instruments, including both upgraded and brand-new sensors, designed to provide meteorological data at unprecedented levels of detail.

Eumetsat, though, is not the first European institutional customer to select Falcon 9 for launches, particularly during the “launcher crisis” that has limited European access to space.

What Eumetsat member governments want above all is to assure Metop service continuity. Metop-A was launched in 2006 and is still operational; Metop-B was launched in 2012.

The Ariane 6 rocket on Wednesday blasted off carrying Europe's next generation satellite for warning against extreme weather ...

Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket will launch for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), and you can watch the action live.