Four Eumetsat Members Block Approval Of Polar-orbiting Satellite Constellation

摘要

Europe's meteorological satellite organization, Eumetsat, will spend the next three months trying to persuade its member nations to finance a next-generation polar-orbiting satellite constellation following its inability to win unanimous approval for the work the week of June 27, a senior Eumetsat official said July 1. While the delay will not by itself cause problems for the second-generation polar system, called EPS-SG, it illustrates the concern that many of Eumet-sat's 26 member nations have about government spending, even for programs whose value is not questioned, the official said.