January 2012

Ernst Koenemann

Director Programme Development

Austrian Industry Day 13th January 2012

Status of EUMETSAT Future

Programmes

Slide: 1

January 2012

EUMETSAT´s Satellite Configuration, LEO&GEO

Slide: 2

January 2012

EUMETSAT space segment

January 2012

The EUMETSAT/ESA Co-operation Model

• EUMETSAT is responsible defining with its Member States the user requirements for the new meteorological satellite systems

• EUMETSAT has the end to end system responsibility

• ESA develops on behalf of EUMETSAT the prototype satellites and acts as an procurement agent for the recurrent satellites

• ESA Member States fund 70% of the development cost, EUM contributes to this with 30%

• EUM fully funds the recurring satellites, the development of the Ground Segment, Launch Service and the operations of the system over the life time of the satellites ( normally 15 to 20 years)

Slide: 4

January 2012

EUMETSAT’s geostationary satellite coverage

Meteosat-9 (0° Longitude)

Meteosat-8 (9.5° E)

Meteosat-7 (57.5° E)

0 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 180 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 20

60 S

0

60 N

January 2012 Visit to IM

Portugal,

May

2010

MTG MSG MOP/MTP

Observation missions:

- Flex.Comb. Imager: 16 channels

- Infra-Red Sounder

- Lightning Imager

- UVN

3-axis stabilised satellites

Twin Sat configuration

Class 2,5 - 3 ton

Observation mission:

- MVIRI: 3 channels

Spinning satellite

Class 800 kg

Observation missions:

- SEVIRI: 12 channels

- GERB

Spinning satellite

Class 2-ton

1977 2017 2002

Atmospheric Chemistry Mission (UVN-S4):

coordinated with ESA for implementation

via GMES Sentinel 4

Implementation of the EUMETSAT Mandate

for the Geostationary Programme

... 30 years of continuous operations achieved ...

MTG : continuity of EUMETSAT GEO Services

MTG-I/S

January 2012

Meteosat Third Generation (MTG)

Geostationary satellites

• 4 imaging (MTG-I) and 2 sounding (MTG-S) satellites

• Start of operations: 2018 and 2019

• Imaging mission • Imaging European weather every 10

minutes with 16 spectral bands • new Lightning Imager

• Sounding mission:

• Infrared sounder providing 4D high-resolution soundings of water vapour, temperature, O3

• Synergy with Global Monitoring for Environment and Security Sentinel-4 Ultraviolet Visible Near-infrared spectrometer: atmospheric chemistry and air quality monitoring

January 2012

MTG – Overall system configuration - overview

To deliver the required operational service, the MTG system consists of

- Space Segment, • embedding the protoflight (MTG-I1 and MTG-S1) satellites and the recurrent

imaging (MTG-I2, I3, I4) and sounding satellites (MTG-S2), plus all the related

ground support elements;

- Ground Segment, composed of

• Ground Station Facility (GSTF) – TTC (Telemetry, Tracking and teleCommand),

and MDA (Mission Data Acquisition);

• Mission Operations Facility (MOF);

• Instrument Data Processing Facility (IDPF);

• Application Ground Processing system:

– Level 2 Processing Facility (L2PF);

– Satellite Application Facilities (SAFs);

• Multi-Programme Facilities (MPF) – e.g EUMETCast, EUMETSAT Data Centre, EO

Portal; Infrastructure Facilities and Supporting Facilities;

- Launch and LEOP Provider services.

January 2012

MTG – Overall system configuration - overview

L0 D

ata

L1 & L2+ Data, DCP, etc.

Diversity MDA

GST

TTC GST Sites

MCC (at EUMETSAT HQ)

Mission

Operations

Facility

Payload Data (K

a-Band)

TT&C (S-Band)

DCP (up)

SAR Messages

(up)

Prime MDA GST

External

Data

Sources

L0 Data

RequestsGround Dissemination:

- Internet

- GTS / RMDCN

- High-Rate (TBC)

DC

P, F

DS

,

L1

& L

2+ D

ata

S/C

M&

C

GSt M&C

GS

M&C

TelecomSatellites

MTG

-I FD

SS

MTG

-I RSS

MTG

-S

SAR MCCs

SAR

Beacons

MTG Operational System Configuration

DCS (and

ARGOS)

Platforms

FDS, ECMWF,.. Data

Reference

DCP Platform

Reference

EumetCast

User Station

Reference Ground

Diss. User Station

FD & INR

data SAFs

EumetCast

Uplink Statio

n

IDPF

L2PF

MP

F

End-Users

SAR Messages (down)

S/C TM

satellites -

nominal operational

configuration

two MTG-I

one MTG-S Ground segment –

MCC (Mission Control

Centre) is the aggregate

of the Ground Segment

elements at the central

site.

Satellites P/L

MTG-I :

FCI, LI , plus

DCS, and SAR

MTG-S: IRS , UVN

January 2012

MTG in Orbit deployment, Status September 2010

2014 2016 2018 2020 2022 2024 2026 2028 2030 2032 2034 2036 2038

MTG-I-1

MTG-I-2

MSG-4

MTG-I-3

MTG-I-4

MTG-S-1 with S4

MTG-S-2 with S4

At least 20 years of Operational Service – Imaging Missions

15.5 years of Operational Service – Sounding Missions

Dec-17

Dec-22

Jan-26

Dec-30

Jun-19

Jun-27

January 2012

Polar-orbiting satellites as part of the shared IJPS

EUMETSAT Polar System (EPS) Europe’s first series of polar-orbiting meteorological satellites: 3 Metop for at least 14 years of operations Part of Initial Joint Polar System shared with NOAA Metop-A (launched in 2006) • Imagery (VIS, IR), sounding (IR, MW, UV, GPS

occultation) and radar (Ascat) instruments • direct broadcasting and data collection capabilities Applications • Numerical Weather Prediction • Nowcasting at high latitudes • Marine meteorology and oceanography • Air quality, atmospheric chemistry

• EPS –SG (preparatory programme in approval process)

• Second Generation EPS ready in 2020 • Twin satellite configuration under study (phase A) • Payload to include GMES Sentinel-5

January 2012

Impact of Metop Data to NWP forecast

Slide: 12

Relative Contribution of Observations to NWP forecast

3.1

15.3

13.2

9.9

5.9

7.9

20.4

24.3

0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Ob

serv

ati

on

Typ

es

Relative Observation Impact[%]

METOP

NOAA

OTHER LEO

GEO

AIRCRAFT

SONDE

SFC LAND

SFC SEA

Source: UK Met Office

January 2012

EUM /NOAA transition to the Joint Polar System (JPS)

, EPS-SG

• Joint Transition Agreement (JTA):

• NOAA 19, NPP, JPSS1

• Metop-C

• Access to DMSP data

• Joint Polar system:

• JPSS-2, JPSS-......

• EPS-SG

• Access to DWSS data

• Access to foreign Satellite Data

Slide: 13

January 2012

Transition from EPS to EPS Second Generation

Slide: 14

Where do We Go From here ??

January 2012

Proposed EPS-SG Missions taking affordability

constraints into account

EPS-SG

Missions

and Priorities as defined during the User Consultation Process in Phase 0/A

High-Resolution Infrared Sounding IAS

Very high Microwave Sounding MWS

VIS/IR Imaging VII

Scatterometry SCA

Radio Occultation Sounding RO High

Nadir-viewing UV/VIS/NIR/SWIR UVNS

Sounding (GMES Sentinel-5)

Medium

Multi-viewing, -channel, 3MI

-polarisation Imaging

Microwave Imaging MWI

Radiant Energy Radiometry RER*

Low Ice Cloud Imaging ICI

Low Light Imaging LLI*

(not ranked) ARGOS DCS

Search and Rescue S&R

Space Environment Monitoring SEM*

* Removed because of decision by NOAA

January 2012

Proposed Payload Complement for Council 75

Slide: 16

Satellite-A Missions Instrument

(and Provider)

Predecessor on

Metop

Infrared Atmospheric Sounding (IAS) IASI-NG (CNES) IASI (CNES)

Microwave Sounding (MWS) MWS (ESA) AMSU-A (NOAA)

MHS (EUM)

Visible-infrared Imaging (VII) METImage (DLR) AVHRR (NOAA)

Radio Occultation (RO) RO (ESA) GRAS (ESA)

UV/VIS/NIR/SWIR Sounding (UVNS) Sentinel-5 (GMES, ESA) GOME-2 (ESA)

Multi-viewing, -channel, -polarisation Imaging (3MI) 3MI (ESA) -/-

Satellite-B Missions Instrument

(and Provider)

Predecessor on

Metop

Scatterometer (SCA) SCA (ESA) ASCAT

Radio Occultation (RO) RO #2 (ESA) GRAS (ESA)

Microwave Imaging for Precipitation (MWI) MWI (ESA) -/-

Other equipment

Advanced Data Collection System (ADCS) Argos-4 (CNES) A-DCS

January 2012

3+ 3 Satellites 21 years of operations

Cost to EUM: 3.42 B€

2+ 2 Satellites

14 years of operations Cost To EUM: 2.47 B€

EPS-SG Satellite Configurations, Phase A Cost

Estimates for Council 75 (2012 e.c.)

3+ 2 Satellites 21 years of operations

for Sat “a” 14 years of operations

for Sat “b” Cost to EUM: 3.06 B€

Minimum Configuration Still allowing for optimal deployment in orbit of Sat A and SAT B depending on METOP C performance

Optimal Configuration Robustness

JPS-robust Configuration

January 2012

EUMETSAT and ESA Overall Planning

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

Phase 0 Phase A Phase B Phase C/D

Launch readiness SAT A

Launch readiness SAT B

Satellites

Development

Phase A/B1 Phase B2/C/D Pre-Phase A

Operations

Phase E Supp.

Slide: 18

2021

2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

EPS-SG System

Development

January 2012

Climate change monitoring

Global average sea level rise (1994-2010) Source: University of Colorado, LEGOS/CNES

- 3 0

- 2 0

- 1 0

0

1 0

2 0

3 0

4 0

1 9 9 4 1 9 9 6 1 9 9 8 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 4 2 0 0 6 2 0 0 8 1 9 9 5 1 9 9 7 1 9 9 9 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 2 0 0 5 2 0 0 7 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 9

A L T I M E T R I C M E A N S E A L E V E L ( M E R G E D )

T O P E X / P O S E I D O N

6 0 - D A Y S M O O T I N G

R A T E = 3 . 2 + - 0 . 4 M M / Y R

J A S O N

- 3 0 - 3 0

G L O B A L A V E R A G E S E A L E V E L ( m m )

January 2012

Distribution of Sea Level Rise

Although the global trend indicates a rise in the mean level of the

oceans, there are marked regional differences that vary between -10

and 10 mm/year

January 2012

Monitoring the oceans in partnership

High precision altimetry Jason-2 • launched in June 2008 • EUMETSAT’s first optional programme (new

convention) • Applications: marine meteorology,

operational oceanography, seasonal prediction and climate monitoring

Jason-3 • under development, to provide continuity

with Jason-2 • launch scheduled in April 2014

Jason-CS • future programme under discussion with

ESA, EC, NOAA in the context of GMES • to provide continuity after Jason-3

Partners:

January 2012

GMES High precision Altimetry activity

• In 2008, the GMES High Level Coordination Group reached a political “European” consensus recommending a “hybrid solution” to secure observations until 2030, based on:

• Jason-3 ( recurrent Jason-2)

• Two Jason-CS satellites (Cryosat heritage): JCS-A and JCS-B

• As a consequence:

• Jason-CS Phase B approved at ESA CMIN 08 (GMES SC Programme)

• Jason-3 programme approved in February 2010 at EUMETSAT, in partnership with NOAA, NASA, CNES and ESA

• ESA and EUMETSAT agreed to include J-3/J-CS in GMES Long Term Scenario proposed to EC in May 2011

• EUM will present a draft Jason-CS Programme Proposal to the Summer Council, ESA will present a Jason-CS satellite Development Programme at the C-MIN 2012

Slide: 22

January 2012

EUM operating GMES Sentinel-3 Ocean Mission