WIR HABEN LIFTOFF!
🚀 Guten Flug, #MetopSGA1!
🚀 Guten Flug, #MetopSGA1!
August 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
WIR HABEN LIFTOFF!
🚀 Guten Flug, #MetopSGA1!
🚀 Guten Flug, #MetopSGA1!
August 13, 2025 at 3:11 AM
August 2, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Wir haben Signalempfang von #MetopSGA1! 📶 #AOS
Und damit: Mission bestätigt! #METimage hat sicher seine neue Umlaufbahn erreicht.🛰️
Und damit: Mission bestätigt! #METimage hat sicher seine neue Umlaufbahn erreicht.🛰️
August 13, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Wir haben Signalempfang von #MetopSGA1! 📶 #AOS
Und damit: Mission bestätigt! #METimage hat sicher seine neue Umlaufbahn erreicht.🛰️
Und damit: Mission bestätigt! #METimage hat sicher seine neue Umlaufbahn erreicht.🛰️
A new era in weather forecasting begins. 🚀
#MetopSGA1 - carrying the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission onboard - successfully launched from Kourou on an #Ariane6 rocket at 02:37 CEST.
Together they’ll deliver sharper forecasts, stronger climate data, & vital air quality insights: bit.ly/40WRNC8
#VA264
#MetopSGA1 - carrying the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission onboard - successfully launched from Kourou on an #Ariane6 rocket at 02:37 CEST.
Together they’ll deliver sharper forecasts, stronger climate data, & vital air quality insights: bit.ly/40WRNC8
#VA264
August 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
A new era in weather forecasting begins. 🚀
#MetopSGA1 - carrying the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission onboard - successfully launched from Kourou on an #Ariane6 rocket at 02:37 CEST.
Together they’ll deliver sharper forecasts, stronger climate data, & vital air quality insights: bit.ly/40WRNC8
#VA264
#MetopSGA1 - carrying the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission onboard - successfully launched from Kourou on an #Ariane6 rocket at 02:37 CEST.
Together they’ll deliver sharper forecasts, stronger climate data, & vital air quality insights: bit.ly/40WRNC8
#VA264
We have contact! 🛰️
Communication established with our newest addition in space, #MetopSGA1. We're now waiting for solar array deployment…
Communication established with our newest addition in space, #MetopSGA1. We're now waiting for solar array deployment…
August 13, 2025 at 1:45 AM
We have contact! 🛰️
Communication established with our newest addition in space, #MetopSGA1. We're now waiting for solar array deployment…
Communication established with our newest addition in space, #MetopSGA1. We're now waiting for solar array deployment…
🚀 Succès pour le vol #VA264 !
Ariane 6 a placé en orbite le satellite #METOPSGA1 et son instrument #IASING développé par le #CNES.
🌍 Un grand pas pour la prévision météo et l’étude du climat. à lire ici : cnes.fr/communiques/... #Ariane6 @esa.int @fr.esa.int @transport.esa.int @eumetsat.int
Ariane 6 a placé en orbite le satellite #METOPSGA1 et son instrument #IASING développé par le #CNES.
🌍 Un grand pas pour la prévision météo et l’étude du climat. à lire ici : cnes.fr/communiques/... #Ariane6 @esa.int @fr.esa.int @transport.esa.int @eumetsat.int
August 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM
🚀 Succès pour le vol #VA264 !
Ariane 6 a placé en orbite le satellite #METOPSGA1 et son instrument #IASING développé par le #CNES.
🌍 Un grand pas pour la prévision météo et l’étude du climat. à lire ici : cnes.fr/communiques/... #Ariane6 @esa.int @fr.esa.int @transport.esa.int @eumetsat.int
Ariane 6 a placé en orbite le satellite #METOPSGA1 et son instrument #IASING développé par le #CNES.
🌍 Un grand pas pour la prévision météo et l’étude du climat. à lire ici : cnes.fr/communiques/... #Ariane6 @esa.int @fr.esa.int @transport.esa.int @eumetsat.int
Less than 3 weeks after launch, #MetopSGA1 is already sending back data! 📡
First signals from the on-board Microwave Sounder (MWS) & Radio Occultation Sounder (RO) are showing the satellite’s game-changing potential for weather & climate monitoring.
So, what exactly are you seeing here? 🤔
Cont.🧵
First signals from the on-board Microwave Sounder (MWS) & Radio Occultation Sounder (RO) are showing the satellite’s game-changing potential for weather & climate monitoring.
So, what exactly are you seeing here? 🤔
Cont.🧵
September 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Less than 3 weeks after launch, #MetopSGA1 is already sending back data! 📡
First signals from the on-board Microwave Sounder (MWS) & Radio Occultation Sounder (RO) are showing the satellite’s game-changing potential for weather & climate monitoring.
So, what exactly are you seeing here? 🤔
Cont.🧵
First signals from the on-board Microwave Sounder (MWS) & Radio Occultation Sounder (RO) are showing the satellite’s game-changing potential for weather & climate monitoring.
So, what exactly are you seeing here? 🤔
Cont.🧵
#CallForMedia 📣
EUMETSAT, @esa.int & @ec.europa.eu with European partners invite you to celebrate the upcoming #MetopSGA1 launch 🚀:
- Online pre-launch media briefing (28 Jul, 14:00 CEST)
Register: bit.ly/41aGHt9
- In-person European launch event (no earlier than 12 Aug)
Contact: press@eumetsat.int
EUMETSAT, @esa.int & @ec.europa.eu with European partners invite you to celebrate the upcoming #MetopSGA1 launch 🚀:
- Online pre-launch media briefing (28 Jul, 14:00 CEST)
Register: bit.ly/41aGHt9
- In-person European launch event (no earlier than 12 Aug)
Contact: press@eumetsat.int
July 23, 2025 at 9:09 AM
#CallForMedia 📣
EUMETSAT, @esa.int & @ec.europa.eu with European partners invite you to celebrate the upcoming #MetopSGA1 launch 🚀:
- Online pre-launch media briefing (28 Jul, 14:00 CEST)
Register: bit.ly/41aGHt9
- In-person European launch event (no earlier than 12 Aug)
Contact: press@eumetsat.int
EUMETSAT, @esa.int & @ec.europa.eu with European partners invite you to celebrate the upcoming #MetopSGA1 launch 🚀:
- Online pre-launch media briefing (28 Jul, 14:00 CEST)
Register: bit.ly/41aGHt9
- In-person European launch event (no earlier than 12 Aug)
Contact: press@eumetsat.int
Around 500 experts are gathered in Lyon this week for the EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, co-hosted by @meteofrance.com under the theme “From Space to Safety.”
A productive first morning, and... Surprise!
We’ve just revealed the 1st images from 3MI, on board #MetopSGA1. 🧵
A productive first morning, and... Surprise!
We’ve just revealed the 1st images from 3MI, on board #MetopSGA1. 🧵
September 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Around 500 experts are gathered in Lyon this week for the EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference, co-hosted by @meteofrance.com under the theme “From Space to Safety.”
A productive first morning, and... Surprise!
We’ve just revealed the 1st images from 3MI, on board #MetopSGA1. 🧵
A productive first morning, and... Surprise!
We’ve just revealed the 1st images from 3MI, on board #MetopSGA1. 🧵
Nighttime Microphysics RGB images from @NOAASatellites #GOES19/#GOESEast showed the rocket plume of the launch of @eumetsat.int #MetopSGA1 from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana.
August 13, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Nighttime Microphysics RGB images from @NOAASatellites #GOES19/#GOESEast showed the rocket plume of the launch of @eumetsat.int #MetopSGA1 from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana.
Erfolgreicher Launch von #MetopSGA1! 🚀🥳
„Das modernisierte, erweiterte Instrumentarium auf Metop-SGA1 wird uns helfen, unsere Vorhersagen u. die Genauigkeit von Warnungen auch unter Nutzung modernster KI-basierter Anwendungen zukünftig weiter zu verbessern“, betont DWD-Präsidentin Prof. S. Jones.
„Das modernisierte, erweiterte Instrumentarium auf Metop-SGA1 wird uns helfen, unsere Vorhersagen u. die Genauigkeit von Warnungen auch unter Nutzung modernster KI-basierter Anwendungen zukünftig weiter zu verbessern“, betont DWD-Präsidentin Prof. S. Jones.
A new era in weather forecasting begins. 🚀
#MetopSGA1 - carrying the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission onboard - successfully launched from Kourou on an #Ariane6 rocket at 02:37 CEST.
Together they’ll deliver sharper forecasts, stronger climate data, & vital air quality insights: bit.ly/40WRNC8
#VA264
#MetopSGA1 - carrying the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission onboard - successfully launched from Kourou on an #Ariane6 rocket at 02:37 CEST.
Together they’ll deliver sharper forecasts, stronger climate data, & vital air quality insights: bit.ly/40WRNC8
#VA264
August 13, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Erfolgreicher Launch von #MetopSGA1! 🚀🥳
„Das modernisierte, erweiterte Instrumentarium auf Metop-SGA1 wird uns helfen, unsere Vorhersagen u. die Genauigkeit von Warnungen auch unter Nutzung modernster KI-basierter Anwendungen zukünftig weiter zu verbessern“, betont DWD-Präsidentin Prof. S. Jones.
„Das modernisierte, erweiterte Instrumentarium auf Metop-SGA1 wird uns helfen, unsere Vorhersagen u. die Genauigkeit von Warnungen auch unter Nutzung modernster KI-basierter Anwendungen zukünftig weiter zu verbessern“, betont DWD-Präsidentin Prof. S. Jones.
🚛🥚 Transfert terminé ! Le composite supérieur (Metop-SGA1 + coiffe) quittant le bâtiment d'intégration pour rejoindre la zone de lancement 4 à Kourou.
#MetopSGA1 #IASING #Ariane6 #CNES #VA264 @esa.int @eumetsat.int
#MetopSGA1 #IASING #Ariane6 #CNES #VA264 @esa.int @eumetsat.int
August 8, 2025 at 7:17 PM
🚛🥚 Transfert terminé ! Le composite supérieur (Metop-SGA1 + coiffe) quittant le bâtiment d'intégration pour rejoindre la zone de lancement 4 à Kourou.
#MetopSGA1 #IASING #Ariane6 #CNES #VA264 @esa.int @eumetsat.int
#MetopSGA1 #IASING #Ariane6 #CNES #VA264 @esa.int @eumetsat.int
Another key milestone for #MetopSGA1 - the satellite has been successfully fuelled by the Airbus team at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou! ⛽
Next up - satellite integration with the payload adapter. The journey to launch is well underway!
📷ESA/CNES/Arianespace/CSG
Next up - satellite integration with the payload adapter. The journey to launch is well underway!
📷ESA/CNES/Arianespace/CSG
July 24, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Another key milestone for #MetopSGA1 - the satellite has been successfully fuelled by the Airbus team at the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou! ⛽
Next up - satellite integration with the payload adapter. The journey to launch is well underway!
📷ESA/CNES/Arianespace/CSG
Next up - satellite integration with the payload adapter. The journey to launch is well underway!
📷ESA/CNES/Arianespace/CSG
🚀 Succès du vol #Ariane6 VA264 qui a placé sur orbite héliosynchrone à 800 km d'altitude le satellite météorologique #METOPSGA1.
L'ESA a confirmé que le satellite avait déployé ses panneaux solaires et avait envoyé ses premières télémesures 🛰️
L'ESA a confirmé que le satellite avait déployé ses panneaux solaires et avait envoyé ses premières télémesures 🛰️
August 13, 2025 at 5:15 AM
🚀 Succès du vol #Ariane6 VA264 qui a placé sur orbite héliosynchrone à 800 km d'altitude le satellite météorologique #METOPSGA1.
L'ESA a confirmé que le satellite avait déployé ses panneaux solaires et avait envoyé ses premières télémesures 🛰️
L'ESA a confirmé que le satellite avait déployé ses panneaux solaires et avait envoyé ses premières télémesures 🛰️
Le régal du déluge de photos qui continue ! Ce n'est que le 3e lancement d'#Ariane6, chaque angle a une saveur d'inédit !
#IASING #METOPSGA1 #VA264 @esa.int @fr.esa.int @transport.esa.int @eumetsat.int
#IASING #METOPSGA1 #VA264 @esa.int @fr.esa.int @transport.esa.int @eumetsat.int
August 13, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Le régal du déluge de photos qui continue ! Ce n'est que le 3e lancement d'#Ariane6, chaque angle a une saveur d'inédit !
#IASING #METOPSGA1 #VA264 @esa.int @fr.esa.int @transport.esa.int @eumetsat.int
#IASING #METOPSGA1 #VA264 @esa.int @fr.esa.int @transport.esa.int @eumetsat.int
MetopSGA1, c’est le 1er satellite météo européen de 2ᵉ génération en orbite polaire 🐻❄️
🛠Il emporte à son bord 6 instruments pour observer l’atmosphère sous toutes ses coutures : visible, infrarouge, hyperfréquences…
🎯 Applications : météo, climat, environnement
🛠Il emporte à son bord 6 instruments pour observer l’atmosphère sous toutes ses coutures : visible, infrarouge, hyperfréquences…
🎯 Applications : météo, climat, environnement
July 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
MetopSGA1, c’est le 1er satellite météo européen de 2ᵉ génération en orbite polaire 🐻❄️
🛠Il emporte à son bord 6 instruments pour observer l’atmosphère sous toutes ses coutures : visible, infrarouge, hyperfréquences…
🎯 Applications : météo, climat, environnement
🛠Il emporte à son bord 6 instruments pour observer l’atmosphère sous toutes ses coutures : visible, infrarouge, hyperfréquences…
🎯 Applications : météo, climat, environnement
Startet am 13. Aug. an Bord von @eumetsat.int ’s #MetopSGA1: #METimage verbessert Alltagsprognosen – etwa für @dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social –, vertieft Klimaeinblicke 🌍 und sorgt für frühere Warnungen vor Extremwetter 🌦️
August 10, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Startet am 13. Aug. an Bord von @eumetsat.int ’s #MetopSGA1: #METimage verbessert Alltagsprognosen – etwa für @dwdderwetterdienst.bsky.social –, vertieft Klimaeinblicke 🌍 und sorgt für frühere Warnungen vor Extremwetter 🌦️
H0 + 1 h 04 min – Séparation du satellite ! Objectif atteint ! Metop-SGA1 est en orbite héliosynchrone, prêt à entamer sa mission. 🌍 Félicitations à toutes les équipes ! #IASING #METOPSGA1 #VA264 #Ariane6 @esa.int @fr.esa.int @transport.esa.int @eumetsat.int
August 13, 2025 at 1:48 AM
H0 + 1 h 04 min – Séparation du satellite ! Objectif atteint ! Metop-SGA1 est en orbite héliosynchrone, prêt à entamer sa mission. 🌍 Félicitations à toutes les équipes ! #IASING #METOPSGA1 #VA264 #Ariane6 @esa.int @fr.esa.int @transport.esa.int @eumetsat.int
Das @eumetsat.int #MetopSGA1 Launchevent hat begonnen! Seid live dabei – wir bringen alle Startdetails aus dem ESTEC-Zentrum von @esa.int .
L-4 Stunden bis zum Abheben!
ℹ️ esawebtv.esa.int
L-4 Stunden bis zum Abheben!
ℹ️ esawebtv.esa.int
August 12, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Das @eumetsat.int #MetopSGA1 Launchevent hat begonnen! Seid live dabei – wir bringen alle Startdetails aus dem ESTEC-Zentrum von @esa.int .
L-4 Stunden bis zum Abheben!
ℹ️ esawebtv.esa.int
L-4 Stunden bis zum Abheben!
ℹ️ esawebtv.esa.int
It's #MetopSGA1 LAUNCH DAY! 🚀
Teams at the European Spaceport in Kourou are making final preparations for lift off at 21:37 local time (00:37 UTC, 02:37 CEST on August 13). 🛰️
Stay tuned with us for updates - and for all you night owls, watch the action live here: bit.ly/45bv6N3
Teams at the European Spaceport in Kourou are making final preparations for lift off at 21:37 local time (00:37 UTC, 02:37 CEST on August 13). 🛰️
Stay tuned with us for updates - and for all you night owls, watch the action live here: bit.ly/45bv6N3
August 12, 2025 at 10:30 AM
It's #MetopSGA1 LAUNCH DAY! 🚀
Teams at the European Spaceport in Kourou are making final preparations for lift off at 21:37 local time (00:37 UTC, 02:37 CEST on August 13). 🛰️
Stay tuned with us for updates - and for all you night owls, watch the action live here: bit.ly/45bv6N3
Teams at the European Spaceport in Kourou are making final preparations for lift off at 21:37 local time (00:37 UTC, 02:37 CEST on August 13). 🛰️
Stay tuned with us for updates - and for all you night owls, watch the action live here: bit.ly/45bv6N3
🗓 SAVE THE DATE - it's almost launch time! 🚀
Teams in Kourou are getting #MetopSGA1 ready for lift off, scheduled for August 12 at 9:37 p.m. local time (00:37 a.m. UTC, 2:37 a.m. CEST on August 13) on board an #Ariane6 launcher.
Find out more at our launch hub: www.eumetsat.int/metop-second....
Teams in Kourou are getting #MetopSGA1 ready for lift off, scheduled for August 12 at 9:37 p.m. local time (00:37 a.m. UTC, 2:37 a.m. CEST on August 13) on board an #Ariane6 launcher.
Find out more at our launch hub: www.eumetsat.int/metop-second....
July 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🗓 SAVE THE DATE - it's almost launch time! 🚀
Teams in Kourou are getting #MetopSGA1 ready for lift off, scheduled for August 12 at 9:37 p.m. local time (00:37 a.m. UTC, 2:37 a.m. CEST on August 13) on board an #Ariane6 launcher.
Find out more at our launch hub: www.eumetsat.int/metop-second....
Teams in Kourou are getting #MetopSGA1 ready for lift off, scheduled for August 12 at 9:37 p.m. local time (00:37 a.m. UTC, 2:37 a.m. CEST on August 13) on board an #Ariane6 launcher.
Find out more at our launch hub: www.eumetsat.int/metop-second....
👁️ #IASNG vient d’ouvrir les yeux sur la France !
Depuis son #satellite #MetopSGA1, le nouvel instrument du #CNES a observé pour la 1ʳᵉ fois l’atmosphère pour nous aider à mieux prévoir la météo, suivre la pollution et comprendre le climat. 🌧
cnes.fr/actualites/i...
@eumetsat.int
Depuis son #satellite #MetopSGA1, le nouvel instrument du #CNES a observé pour la 1ʳᵉ fois l’atmosphère pour nous aider à mieux prévoir la météo, suivre la pollution et comprendre le climat. 🌧
cnes.fr/actualites/i...
@eumetsat.int
IASI-NG ouvre les yeux sur la France | CNES
IASI-NG, le sondeur atmosphérique infrarouge de nouvelle génération développé par le CNES a livré sa première observation, un spectre atmosphérique nous renseignant sur la composition de l’atmosphère.
cnes.fr
October 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
👁️ #IASNG vient d’ouvrir les yeux sur la France !
Depuis son #satellite #MetopSGA1, le nouvel instrument du #CNES a observé pour la 1ʳᵉ fois l’atmosphère pour nous aider à mieux prévoir la météo, suivre la pollution et comprendre le climat. 🌧
cnes.fr/actualites/i...
@eumetsat.int
Depuis son #satellite #MetopSGA1, le nouvel instrument du #CNES a observé pour la 1ʳᵉ fois l’atmosphère pour nous aider à mieux prévoir la météo, suivre la pollution et comprendre le climat. 🌧
cnes.fr/actualites/i...
@eumetsat.int
IASI-NG, the infrared sounder carried on board #MetopSGA1, will deliver sharper, more accurate observations of our atmosphere - helping improving weather forecasts, air quality monitoring & climate data collection.
Experts from @eumetsat.int & @meteofrance.com discuss here: bit.ly/3GXstFq
Experts from @eumetsat.int & @meteofrance.com discuss here: bit.ly/3GXstFq
August 6, 2025 at 9:51 AM
IASI-NG, the infrared sounder carried on board #MetopSGA1, will deliver sharper, more accurate observations of our atmosphere - helping improving weather forecasts, air quality monitoring & climate data collection.
Experts from @eumetsat.int & @meteofrance.com discuss here: bit.ly/3GXstFq
Experts from @eumetsat.int & @meteofrance.com discuss here: bit.ly/3GXstFq
We're delighted to announce EUMETSAT has taken control of #MetopSGA1 after a smooth 3-day launch and early operations phase. 🥳
Once operational, it is expected to deliver vital data for weather forecasting, and a wide range of other critical services across Europe and beyond: bit.ly/45Cz3sT
Once operational, it is expected to deliver vital data for weather forecasting, and a wide range of other critical services across Europe and beyond: bit.ly/45Cz3sT
August 18, 2025 at 7:54 AM
We're delighted to announce EUMETSAT has taken control of #MetopSGA1 after a smooth 3-day launch and early operations phase. 🥳
Once operational, it is expected to deliver vital data for weather forecasting, and a wide range of other critical services across Europe and beyond: bit.ly/45Cz3sT
Once operational, it is expected to deliver vital data for weather forecasting, and a wide range of other critical services across Europe and beyond: bit.ly/45Cz3sT