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 I-EUM, 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.

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 satelliteGeostationaryYesEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
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 orbitYesEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
Metop-BEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitYesEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
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 orbitYesEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
Meteosat-11Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYesEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
MTG-I2Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYesEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
MTG-S1Earth-watching satelliteGeostationaryYesEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
METEOSAT 10 (MSG 3)Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousYesEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
METOP-AEarth-watching satelliteLow Earth orbitEndedEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
METEOSAT 9 (MSG 2)Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousYesEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
METEOSAT 8 (MSG 1)Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
METEOSAT 7Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
METEOSAT 6Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
METEOSAT 5 (MOP 2)Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
METEOSAT 4 (MOP 1)Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization
METEOSAT 3Earth-watching satelliteInclined geosynchronousEndedEuropean Meteorological Satellite Organization