A time-lapse view of Antarctica & the moon can be seen in footage captured by the Meteosat-11 satellite. Credit: Simon Proud / NCEO and EUMETSAT | mash mix by Space.com ...

The Ariane 6 rocket on Wednesday blasted off carrying Europe's next generation satellite for warning against extreme weather ...

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

Launch of Metop SGA1 on board of Ariane-62 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, at 02:37 CEST on 13 ...

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

A new piece of technology that is set to "transform" how weather agencies like the Met Office make forecasts is launching ...

The rocket is crucial for giving Europe independent access to space, and reducing its reliance on Elon Musk's SpaceX, and ...

A series of satellites are set to be launched into space to give early warnings of extreme weather and potentially save lives ...

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 ...

Eumetsat, though, is not the first European institutional customer to select Falcon 9 for launches, particularly during the “launcher crisis” that has limited European access to space.

Eumetsat says that shifting Metop-A into a drifting orbit in June 2017 will add two to three years of usable life while preserving enough fuel to dispose of the satellite rather than letting it ...