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

As Europe battles record-breaking heat, the Ariane 6 rocket carrying the MetOp-SGA1 satellite successfully launched on ...

SGA1, a next-gen polar-orbiting weather satellite, from French Guiana. The mission, Ariane 6’s third flight, will enhance ...

It represents Europe's first contribution to a US-led programme, the Joint Polar System, a new satellite constellation orbiting between the north and south poles ...

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

More accurate weather forecasts - this is what the new European weather satellite Metop-SGA1 should make possible. The ...

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

Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket launched for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), sending an advanced weather and ...

As many European countries simmer in a deadly heatwave, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) said its MetOp-SGA1 satellite will give "earlier warnings ...

By orbiting 42 times closer to the Earth’s surface, MetOp will be able to observe the atmosphere in much greater detail and collect data from all parts of the globe.