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EUMETSAT selects Phil Evans as its new Director General

Posted on 2 July, 2020 by Met Office Press Office

We are very pleased to share the news that former Met Office Operations Director, Phil Evans, has been appointed as the new Director General of EUMETSAT. EUMETSAT (European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites) is an intergovernmental organisation dedicated … Continue reading →

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The impact of coronavirus on Met Office observations

Posted on 15 June, 2020 by Met Office Press Office

The ongoing COVID-19 crisis continues to affect the activities of society as a whole, and the weather observing network is no exception. The pandemic has led to a sharp fall in the number of flights around the world and therefore a loss of aircraft-based observations, including … Continue reading →

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New eye in the sky to help UK weather forecasts

Posted on 20 November, 2017 by Met Office Press Office

A new weather satellite is circling the earth. The JPSS-1 satellite, launched this weekend (18 November 2017) will provide a huge array of observational, near real-time, data which will be shared with US national and international partners including the Met … Continue reading →

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Sentinel-3: A new window on the changing state of our oceans

Posted on 16 February, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Climate change is much discussed, says Dr Simon Keogh of the Met Office, and to inform the conversation the Met Office uses historical scientific data including sea-surface temperature records, based on data from the Along Track Scanning Radiometer (ATSR) series … Continue reading →

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Keep your eyes peeled for eyes in the sky

Posted on 12 February, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

On a clear night, when looking up at the heavens, it may be tempting to imagine that those little lights in the night sky are just stars, planets or aircraft, says Dr Simon Keogh, in the latest of a series … Continue reading →

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A man-made constellation in the night sky

Posted on 10 February, 2016 by Met Office Press Office

Thanks to a ring of satellites operated by Europe, USA, Japan, China, India, Russia and South Korea we now have large-scale coverage of the Earth and an insight into how our complex weather patterns are changing hour-by-hour, day-by-day and year-by-year, … Continue reading →

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ESA hands over control of the Metop-B weather satellite to EUMETSAT

Posted on 21 September, 2012 by Met Office Press Office

Yesterday, at 18:30 local time EUMETSAT took control of Metop-B operations, following the three-day Launch and Early Orbit Phase conducted. The handover follows the launch of Metop-B on 17 September.   Since the launch all of Metop-B’s systems have been deployed and checked. This has … Continue reading →

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Weather satellite set for launch

Posted on 17 September, 2012 by Met Office Press Office

Metop-B, the second of the EUMETSAT Polar orbiting satellites, which provide data for use by meteorologists and climate scientists at the Met Office and around the world, will be launched today. Metop-B is scheduled to be launched by a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, … Continue reading →

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Metop-B weather satellite launch Twitter interview

Posted on 10 September, 2012 by Met Office Press Office

To celebrate the impending launch of weather satellite Metop-B, we held a twitterview – an interview conducted on Twitter, with EUMETSAT. Metop-B, due for launch on 17 September 2012, is the second of the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) satellites, which provide data for … Continue reading →

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Latest weather satellite goes into orbit

Posted on 6 July, 2012 by Met Office Press Office

The latest weather satellite in Europe’s highly successful Meteosat second-generation series has just gone into orbit after lifting off on an Ariane space rocket yesterday evening. It is now being moved into its precise position before it can provide continuous observations of … Continue reading →

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