Press releases Apply Refine results Type Article News Categories Organisation Metop Satellites Data Tags Ground Segment Metop-SG Corporate Data access Press Release Date 2011 Date January February June October SHOW ALL 4 results News 19 October 2011 Fifth anniversary of Metop-A in orbit Today marks the fifth anniversary of the launch of EUMETSAT’s Metop-A satellite News 29 June 2011 EUMETSAT Council approves SAF CDOP-2 and discusses EPS-SG Proposal EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, held its 72nd Council meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, on 28-29 June News 4 February 2011 McMurdo station receives first data from Metop-A satellite NOAA successfully completed the first acquisition of data from EUMETSAT’s Metop-A satellite at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, on 19 January 2011. News 18 January 2011 EUMETSAT extends coverage of direct readout of Metop data EUMETSAT has extended the existing coverage of direct readout of data from the instruments on board its Metop polar-orbiting satellite via the Advanced High Resolution Picture Transmission (AHRPT) system, making the data available to more users globally