Today, as throughout history, many aspects of our lives are dominated by the weather – our well-being and prosperity relies on it. The economic and social benefits of accurate weather forecasts are ...

Beyond Gravity (formerly RUAG Space) delivered the computer (“brain”) and camera cover for the new European weather satellite Meteosat Third Generation. Also further mechanical and thermal products ...

The first images from Europe's new weather satellite, Meteosat-12, have just been released. The spacecraft, which sits 36,000km above the equator, was launched in December and is currently in a ...

The Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite, set to revolutionise short-term weather forecasting in Europe, lifted off on an Ariane 5 rocket at 21:30 CET (17:30 local time in Kourou) on 13 December ...

Europe's latest weather satellite, the Meteosat Third Generation Imager, has just delivered its first view of Earth - revealing conditions over Europe, Africa and the Atlantic in remarkable detail.

The latest spacecraft in Europe's long-running Meteosat series has just gone into orbit on an Ariane rocket. It is now being manoeuvred into a position some 36,000km above the Earth from where it can ...

Good results on three solar power plants in Italy After a development phase, with the participation of the Italian energy leader Enel, the solution using Meteosat weather data is now operating on ...

The Meteosat third generation imager delivered imagery of Europe and Africa from 36,000 kilometers away (22,369 mi.). Credit: ESA ...

A consortium led by Thales Alenia Space of France will enter into negotiations for a 1.3bn-euro (£1.2bn) contract to build Europe's next weather satellites. The TAS group was selected after a ...

The latest spacecraft in Europe's long-running Meteosat series has just gone into orbit on an Ariane rocket. It is now being manoeuvred into a position some 36,000km above the Earth from where it can ...