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

European Meteorological Satellite Organization is how GCAT, Jonathan McDowell’s general catalogue (CC BY 4.0), names the organisation under the code EUMET, of European Meteorological Satellite Organization. This page gathers the satellites it flies and those of every organisation under it, each row naming the organisation that flies it. It is part of European Meteorological Satellite Organization. See every satellite of European Meteorological Satellite Organization.

SatelliteKindOrbit classLaunchedOperatingFlown by
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