# Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites
*consortium . companies*

## Specifications
- **operator domains**: ["cgms-info.org"]
- **country**: International
- **website**: https://www.cgms-info.org
- **entity type**: company
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-20
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **attributes**: {"kind":"consortium","operator_domains":"[\"cgms-info.org\"]","country":"International","website":"https://www.cgms-info.org"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
The Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) is an international consortium for coordinating meteorological satellite systems. [^cgms-homepage][^eumetsat-cgms] It was established on 19 September 1972 in Washington, DC, in the context of coordinating geostationary meteorological satellite programmes for the First GARP Global Experiment. [^wikipedia-cgms] CGMS coordinates end-to-end meteorological satellite systems from operators to user communities, including operational continuity planning, contingency arrangements for coverage gaps, data access and quality improvement, climate-monitoring virtual constellations, and space weather coordination. [^eumetsat-cgms][^wmo-cgms-news] CGMS operates no spacecraft itself; satellite operations remain with member agencies while CGMS provides a non-binding forum with annual plenary sessions and a rolling five-year High-Level Priority Plan. [^cgms-homepage][^eumetsat-cgms] Its permanent secretariat is hosted by EUMETSAT in Darmstadt, Germany, and recent plenary activity includes CGMS-52 hosted by NOAA. [^eumetsat-cgms][^noaa-cgms52]

## Sources
- [wikipedia-cgms] | Wikipedia, Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coordination_Group_for_Meteorological_Satellites | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-20
- [eumetsat-cgms] | EUMETSAT, CGMS page | https://www.eumetsat.int/cgms | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [cgms-homepage] | CGMS, official website | https://www.cgms-info.org/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [noaa-cgms52] | NOAA NESDIS, CGMS-52 announcement | https://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/news/noaa-hosts-international-meteorological-satellite-agencies-cgms-52 | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20
- [wmo-cgms-news] | WMO, Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites news | https://wmo.int/media/news/coordination-group-meteorological-satellites-meets | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-20

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