Press releases Apply Refine results Type News Article Categories Satellites Data Organisation Metop Tags Ground Segment International Satellite Applications Facility (SAF) Metop-SG Corporate Data access Press Release Date 2018 2017 2012 2011 SHOW ALL 5 results News 30 November 2018 European satellite control centre of the future unveiled in Darmstadt Europe’s most modern satellite control centre has been unveiled at the Darmstadt headquarters of EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites. News 15 December 2017 EUMETSAT takes ownership of two MTG ground stations after successful acceptance review The two Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) mission data acquisition (MDA) ground stations developed under a EUMETSAT contract by a European consortium led by Telespazio passed their Preliminary Acceptance Review on 30 November, after a comprehensive validation test campaign. News 22 March 2012 Second phase of activities gives new impulse to SAFs The second Continuous Development and Operations Phase (CDOP-2) for EUMETSAT’s Satellite Application Facility (SAF) network which began this month will improve and expand the portfolio of SAF products and services over the next five years 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.