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Europe defers start on new polar-orbit weather satellites
09 February 2012
Europe's meteorological satellite organization, Eumetsat, has again been unable to secure its member governments' full support to start work on a next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite system and will try anew in July, Eumetsat officials said.
The 27-nation Eumetsat said it has nonetheless increased the guaranteed contributions to the program, to 83 percent of the total compared with 55 percent previously.
Eumetsat Director-General Alain Ratier said the Darmstadt, Germany-based organization remains confident that it will be able to begin preparatory work on its second-generation European Polar System, or EPS-SG, when its council meets July 5-6.
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Source: Space News
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