Satellites of European Meteorological Satellite Organization

16 satellites in orbit, 9 operating.

The count is the catalogue’s as of Nov 8, 2026, 4:17 PM; whether a satellite is operating is as Orbinauts writes it where it has written when the satellite’s mission ended, and otherwise as Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue believes it, licensed CC BY 4.0: GCAT

GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), credits these satellites to European Meteorological Satellite Organization under the code I-EUM.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperating
Artist's rendering of a Meteosat Third Generation imaging satellite, the design Meteosat-12 is the first of, with its two solar wings open in orbit.
Rendering: ESA (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
Meteosat-12
Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYes
MetOp-SG A1 standing on its Ariane 6 launch adaptor in Kourou in August 2025, dark thermal blankets over its instruments, the two halves of the rocket’s fairing behind it and two technicians at its base.
Photograph: ESA / M. Pédoussaut (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
MetOp-SG A1
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Metop-BEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
The payload module of Metop-C, wrapped in gold foil, being lowered into ESA’s Large Space Simulator vacuum chamber in the Netherlands for testing in 2017.
Photograph: ESA / G. Porter (CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
Metop-C
Earth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYes
Meteosat-11Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYes
MTG-I2Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYes
MTG-S1Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYes
METEOSAT 10 (MSG 3)Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousYes
METOP-AEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEnded
METEOSAT 9 (MSG 2)Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousYes
METEOSAT 8 (MSG 1)Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
METEOSAT 7Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
METEOSAT 6Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
METEOSAT 5 (MOP 2)Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
METEOSAT 4 (MOP 1)Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded
METEOSAT 3Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEnded