Training Example: EUMETSAT – Review the Data, Give Your Score & Compare to the Real AI Evaluation

[IMG: Aspot image]

[H1] Inside the Meteosat Third Generation – meet Alessandro Burini

Get to know Alessandro Burini, one of many behind the Meteosat Third Generation mission

[IMG: Aspot image]

[IMG: Aspot image]

[H2] Call for proposals – apply!
EUMETSAT and ESA jointly invite researchers to propose nationally funded activities aimed at the calibration and validation of Sentinel-4 and Sentinel-5 products.Read more

Previous

[H2] Current events

Next

Conferences & events

Seoul, South Korea, 2-4 June 2026

[H4] Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites 54th plenary meeting
CGMS space agency members meet to respond to the needs of the WMO global user community.

[IMG: Seoul, South Korea]

Conferences & events

Wiesbaden, Germany, 22-26 June 2026

[H4] Ocean Surface Topography Science Team Meeting 2026
Continued, enhanced altimetry and climate monitoring from space.

[IMG: Theodor Heuss Bridge]

Conferences & events

Darmstadt, Germany, 23-25 June 2026

[H4] Third GEO-Ring Workshop
The workshop will review the progress made by the GEO-Ring project and gather feedback from data users

[IMG: Event Aspot]

Conferences & events

Darmstadt, Germany 21 - 25 September 2026

[H4] EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference 2026
The 2026 EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Conference will take place in Darmstadt, Germany.

[IMG: EMSC2026 Aspot]

Conferences & events

Manzini, Eswatini, 5-9 October 2026

[H4] 17th EUMETSAT User Forum in Africa
Meteorologists from across Africa will meet to discuss latest developments, and share knowledge and best practices.

[IMG: Aspot image]

Previous

[H2] Latest news and features

Next

[H5] Inside the Meteosat Third Generation – meet Alessandro Burini
Alessandro Burini helps to ensure the Flexible Combined Imager meets its full potential.

[H5] New satellite’s eye views of Europe and Africa streaming online
More imagery from the Meteosat-12 weather satellite is now accessible as a continuous stream on YouTube.

[H5] Forecasting at storm speed across Africa
New Satellite Application Facility will help African forecasters turn data into warnings.

[H5] Behind the data: tracking Iceberg A23a with Copernicus Sentinel-3 data
Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellite data enabled tracking of Antarctic Iceberg A23a.

[H5] Metop-SGA1’s first instrument becomes operational
The radio occultation sounder on board Metop-SGA1 officially entered operational service.

[H5] Europe in 2025: extremes from the Arctic Circle to the Mediterranean
Europe in 2025: Heat extremes, record-breaking fires, melting ice and warm seas.

[H5] Satellite imagery captures devastating wildfires across Europe in 2025
The Flexible Combined Imager provides crucial data for observing wildfires.

[H5] Decades of satellite data reveal polar sea ice trends
How satellite climate data records help scientists understand shifts in polar sea ice.

View all

Previous

[H2]

Next

[IMG: LB-still]

Launch hub

[H3] Launch hub
An overview of satellite launches.

[IMG: Meteosat 12]

Earth view

[H3] Earth view
Discover our new imagery stream directly from the Meteosat and Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites.

[IMG: MTG-S]

Our satellites

[H3] Our satellites
EUMETSAT provides satellite data 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Previous

[H2] EUMETSAT User Portal

Next

[H6] Latest data news

[H6]

[H6] Latest data news

[H6]

[IMG: Africa]

[H6] Latest case studies

[H6]

[H6] Latest case studies

[H6]

[IMG: Sea Surface Temperature]

[H6] Latest data events

[H6]

[H6] Latest data events

[H6]

[IMG: MTG-S]

[IMG: Marine algae bloom in the Black Sea, Sentinel-3, 25 May 2026]

[H1] Image of the week: Marine algae bloom in the Black Sea

Watching our Earth from space

[IMG: Marine algae bloom in the Black Sea, Sentinel-3, 25 May 2026]

[IMG: Marine algae bloom in the Black Sea, Sentinel-3, 25 May 2026]

Previous

[H2] What we monitor

Next

[H6] Ocean

[H6]

[H6] Ocean

[H6]

[IMG: Ocean Aspot]

[H6] Climate

[H6]

[H6] Climate

[H6]

[IMG: Melting Ice]

[H6] Atmosphere

[H6]

[H6] Atmosphere

[H6]

[IMG: Atmosphere Science Blog]

[H6] Weather

[H6]

[H6] Weather

[H6]

[IMG: Weather A Spot]

[H6] Land

[H6]

[H6] Land

[H6]

[IMG: Land]

[IMG: Meteosat-12 Aspot]

[H1] Earth view

Enjoy the near real-time view of our planet Earth from your screen, or embed in your own website!

[IMG: Meteosat-12 Aspot]

[IMG: Meteosat-12 Aspot]

[H2] Welcome to our new Earth imagery streams, which give the view from the Meteosat weather satellites 36,000km above the Earth.

Last Updated
26 May 2026

Published on
11 September 2023

We are pleased to release a brand new imagery stream over the Atlantic from the Meteosat-12 weather satellite. The imagery is updated every 10 minutes as it is received from the satellite. The stream shows true colour imagery by day with lightning imagery and infrared (10.8 channel) and lightning imagery at night, overlaid on static imagery from NASA's Black Marble. All times are in UTC and there is a 30 minute delay due to the time taken to process each image and add it to the stream.

We also have streams over the Atlantic and Indian Oceans from the Meteosat-11 and -9 satellites and these are updated every 15 minutes as new imagery is received. The imagery shows the natural colour view, the infrared channel (10.8), and the airmass and dust  products (dust appears as pink/violet colour).
[H3] Watch from your own website!
You can easily share the videos above from your own website by following a few easy steps.Step-by-step guide1
[H2] Open the live stream on YouTube
In the player above, click the YouTube logo at the bottom-right corner. This opens the live stream in a new YouTube window.▶  LIVE — Meteosat / Sentinel-3YouTube2
[H2] Click Share, then Embed
Below the YouTube player, click the Share button. In the panel that opens, select Embed to get the embeddable code. (To share on social media instead, click the relevant platform icon and follow the on-screen prompts.)Share→EmbedX / TwitterFacebookWhatsApp3
[H2] Copy the embed code
An <iframe> code snippet will appear in the dialog. Copy the entire block shown on the right-hand side of the window.<iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/live_stream?channel=UC..." title="EUMETSAT Earth View Live Stream" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture" allowfullscreen> </iframe>4
[H2] Paste into your website and publish
Switch to the HTML or source view of your page or CMS editor. Paste the copied code at the point where you want the player to appear. Click Save or Publish — the live stream will now play on your page.There is also a stream from the Sentinel-3 Copernicus satellites which shows global natural colour and sea surface temperature.Satellite imagery acquired by the Meteosat and Copernicus Sentinel-3 satellites can also be accessed using EUMETView, which is available at: https://view.eumetsat.int

[IMG: Meteosat A Spot]

[H2] Meteosat series
Geostationary satellites providing imagery for the early detection of severe weather.

[IMG: Sentinels A Spot]

[H2] Sentinel series
Copernicus Sentinel missions that have been developed for the specific needs of the Copernicus Programme.

[IMG: LB-still]

[H1] Launch hub

An overview of satellite launches

[IMG: LB-still]

[IMG: LB-still]

[H2] Follow the launch of Europe’s next generation of weather and environmental monitoring satellites on our satellite launch hub.

Last Updated
05 February 2026

Published on
29 January 2025

EUMETSAT is in the process of upgrading its geostationary Meteosat and polar-orbiting Metop weather satellite series. Over the coming years, many new Meteosat Third Generation imaging and sounding satellites and Metop Second Generation satellites will be launched and bring in a new era in weather and climate monitoring in Europe, and beyond. Over the same period there will also be launches of additional Copernicus satellites including ocean-monitoring Sentinel-3 and -6 satellites and new Sentinel-4 and -5 atmospheric monitoring missions, which are onboard the MTG and Metop-SG satellites respectively. On this page you can follow the upcoming launches and find out more about how these exciting new satellites will change our ability to monitor and better understand our planet.

Previous

[H2] Check out our satellites currently in commissioning

Next

[IMG: Sentinel 6 MF Main Image]

Copernicus Sentinel-6B

[H3] Copernicus Sentinel-6B
Copernicus Sentinel-6B will collect precise measurements of global mean sea level, significant wave height and wind over the oceans.

[IMG: Metop SGA1 / Credit: ESA]

Metop Second Generation A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5

[H3] Metop Second Generation A1 and Copernicus Sentinel-5
The Metop Second Generation satellite will be the first of the next generation of European polar-orbiting weather satellites.

[IMG: MTG Sounding A Spot]

Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4

[H3] Meteosat Third Generation Sounder 1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4
Europe's first operational sounding satellite in geostationary orbit.

[IMG: Aspot-planned launch]

[H2] Planned launches
Keep track of the busy launch schedule for Europe’s next generation of weather and environmental monitoring satellites on our new timeline.

Previous

[H2] Related pages

Next

[IMG: Meteosat A Spot]

[H5] Meteosat series
Geostationary satellites providing imagery for the early detection of severe weather.

[IMG: Metop A Spot]

[H5] Metop series
Polar-orbiting satellites provide global observations for weather forecasts and climate monitoring.

[IMG: Sentinels A Spot]

[H5] Sentinel series
Copernicus Sentinel missions that have been developed for the specific needs of the Copernicus Programme.

[IMG: Weather A Spot]

[H1] Weather

EUMETSAT’s satellite data are used to protect lives and property

[IMG: Weather A Spot]

[IMG: Weather A Spot]

Previous

[H2] Weather-related satellite application facilities

Next

[IMG: weather-lzone]

[H5] Monitoring Weather
Reliable weather forecasts are essential for human safety.

[IMG: Storms clouds with sun rays]

[H5] Support to Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecasting (NWC SAF)
Nowcasting is a weather forecast for the next few hours, based on current information.

[IMG: NWP. Credit: peach_adobe]

[H5] Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP SAF)
The NWP SAF supports the interface between satellite data and European activities in NWP.

[IMG: ROM SAF. Credit: alesta / AdobeStock]

[H5] Radio Occultation Meteorology (ROM SAF)
The ROM SAF generates and archives high-quality GNSS Radio Occultation (RO) data for NWP.

[H2] EUMETSAT operates Europe's weather satellites and delivers their data to the national weather services in our member states in real time.

Last Updated
16 October 2025

Published on
26 March 2020

We have been monitoring the weather and climate from space for more than 35 years, providing data crucial for the protection of life and property and beneficial for key economic sectors.EUMETSAT’s Meteosat and Metop satellites provide observations that are critical for weather forecasting accuracy.The Meteosat satellites are in geostationary orbit 36,000km above the Earth. They provide imagery used for the early detection of fast-developing severe weather (nowcasting), weather forecasting and climate monitoring.The first of the third generation of Meteosat satellites was launched in 2022.The Metop satellites fly on an orbit closer to the Earth, at 817km altitude, and provide detailed global observations of the atmosphere, oceans and land. These data are essential for weather forecasting (numerical weather prediction) up to 10 days ahead, as well as for climate monitoring.The second generation of these polar-orbiting satellites will be launched in the mid-2020s.EUMETSAT is also a partner in the cooperative sea level monitoring and Copernicus Sentinel-6 missions involving Europe and the United States. We also operate the Copernicus Sentinel-3 ocean-monitoring satellites in cooperation with the European Space Agency and the European Union.

[IMG: MTG-I1 - Flexible Combined Imager]

First image of the full Earth disc from Meteosat Third Generation – Imager 1
You can access EUMETSAT’s weather data via the EUMETSAT User Portal.

Previous

[H2] Feature articles

Next

Features

[H4] Inside the Meteosat Third Generation – meet Alessandro Burini
Alessandro Burini helps to ensure the Flexible Combined Imager meets its full potential.

Features

[H4] Forecasting at storm speed across Africa
New Satellite Application Facility will help African forecasters turn data into warnings.

Features

[H4] EUMETSAT’s top five most-read articles of 2025: Key climate and weather insights
EUMETSAT’s five most-read 2025 articles showcase the power of satellite data.

Features

[H4] Our precious atmosphere
Where weather happens.

Features

[H4] Tracing echoes in a storm
How near-real-time data from EUMETSAT programmes supported nowcasting of unusual weather events in Romania

Features

[H4] How satellite data make flying safer
How near-real-time Earth observations enable meteorologists to deliver timely aviation forecasts

Features

[H4] Seizing the moment
How data from EUMETSAT’s programmes support meteorologists at Met Éireann to nowcast severe weather events and issue warnings.

Features

[H4] A storm short-range weather models didn’t see
Training is key to enable meteorologists in Kenya to better predict high-impact storms.

Features

[H4] Nowcasting: winning the race against time
EUMETSAT’s Nowcasting Satellite Application Facility prepare for Meteosat Third Generation

Features

[H4] EUMETSAT to explore new artificial intelligence approaches
EUMETSAT’s new strategy focuses on artificial intelligence approaches.

Features

[H4] Shaped by cyclones
Cyclone expert Philippe Caroff explains the importance of the Indian Ocean Data Coverage service.

Features

[H4] Meteosat Third Generation: Cutting-edge weather data
Dr Tony McNally anticipates the benefits of EUMETSAT’s next-generation satellites.

View all

Previous

[H2] You may also be interested in...

Next

[IMG: Atmosphere Science Blog]

[H5] Atmosphere
Monitoring atmospheric composition from space.

[IMG: Melting Ice]

[H5] Climate
Monitoring our climate from space.

[IMG: Land]

[H5] Land
Monitoring the land-atmosphere interface from space.

[IMG: Ocean Aspot]

[H5] Ocean
Satellites collect continuous, long-term, global observations of the oceans.