Metop-B Live Launch Video Library

In this interview, Alain Ratier, Director-General of EUMETSAT explains the importance of the launch of the Metop-B polar orbiting satellite to the organisation, our European Member and Cooperating States and our international partners.

In this interview, Marc Cohen, Head of the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Programmes division at EUMETSAT, provides an operational overview of the EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) Programme and explains the part Metop-B will play.

Florence Rabier, of Météo France, discusses how data from EUMETSAT's EPS programme is being used to advance meteorology around the world

This animation shows the launch, separation and orbital orientation sequence of Metop satellites

An update from Marc Cohen, Associate Director for Low Earth Orbit Programmes, on progress towards the launch of EUMETSAT's Metop-B polar orbiting satellite

Video footage of the satellite and launcher integration and roll-out to the launch pad at Baikonur