Meteosat Third Generation - Sounder 1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4
Europe's first operational sounding satellite in geostationary orbit.
An overview of satellite launches
18 February 2025
29 January 2025
EUMETSAT is in the process of upgrading its geostationary Meteosat and polar-orbiting Metop weather satellite series. Over the coming years, many new Meteosat Third Generation imaging and sounding satellites and Metop Second Generation satellites will be launched and bring in a new era in weather and climate monitoring in Europe, and beyond.
Over the same period there will also be launches of additional Copernicus satellites including ocean-monitoring Sentinel-3 and -6 satellites and new Sentinel-4 and -5 atmospheric monitoring missions, which are onboard the MTG and Metop-SG satellites respectively.
On this page you can follow the upcoming launches and find out more about how these exciting new satellites will change our ability to monitor and better understand our planet.