Europe's Ariane 6 heavy-lift rocket will launch for the third time ever tonight (Aug. 12), and you can watch the action live.

A series of satellites are set to be launched into space over the next 15 years to help “save lives” and give early warning of increasingly extreme weather, British experts have said. The Metop Second ...

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

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

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

As many European countries simmer in a deadly heatwave, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological ...

DARMSTADT, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--After more than two weeks of complex manoeuvring, precise positioning and meticulous checks, EUMETSAT assumed control of the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder ...

Europe took another step towards cementing its position as a global leader in space-based climate monitoring, with the ...

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.

What Eumetsat member governments want above all is to assure Metop service continuity. Metop-A was launched in 2006 and is still operational; Metop-B was launched in 2012.