Eumetsat (European Meteorological Satellite Organisation) is an intergovernmental agency, responsible for the Meteosat weather satellites, which provides operational meteorological data for its 17 member states: Austria, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, and Turkey. Eumetsat also has three Cooperating members: the Republic of Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland.