ESA, we have lift off!

In a major boost for the European Space Agency, EUMETSAT —responsible for the monitoring of the weather, climate and environment — has signed an agreement with the ESA for the provision of essential launch control services for the latest two Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) satellites: MSG-3 and MSG-4. This agreement recognises the excellence of the ESA and the high-quality working partnership that already exists between these two organisations.

Founded in the mid-1980s, EUMETSAT's main purpose is to provide weather and climate-related satellite data, images and products 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. This valuable information is then supplied to the National Meteorological Services of the organisation's 20 Member and 10 Cooperating States in Europe, as well as other users worldwide.