News - ESA

2026-09-10, 08:30 ESA

The European Space Agency's FLEX satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite are scheduled to launch together aboard a Vega-C rocket on 15 September at 03:21 CEST (14 September at 22:21 local ...

2026-09-10, 08:10 ESA

7 September 2026Media representatives are invited to attend the launch re-watch event for the FLEX (Fluorescence Explorer) and Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellites at the European Space Operations ...

2026-09-10, 08:00 ESA

On 4 September 2026, media representatives joined an online briefing ahead of the launch of ESA's FLEX and the Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellites.The two satellites are scheduled to launch together ...

2026-09-09, 21:50 ESA

On 3 September 2026 at 15:49 CEST, the European Space Agency's BepiColombo Mission Control Team at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) received the signal they had been waiting for – ...

2026-09-02, 09:30 ESA

With thousands of emergency responders conducting search-and-rescue operations following the catastrophic flash flood that struck northern Nepal on 26 August, satellite imagery is helping to reveal ...

2026-09-02, 09:20 ESA

Using cutting-edge technology, ESA's FLEX mission is designed to reveal new insights into how plants function by measuring the faint fluorescence they emit when they capture light during ...

2026-09-02, 09:10 ESA

The Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellite has taken another crucial step towards orbit – it has been fuelled at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana ahead of its planned launch on 15 September at 03:21 ...

2026-09-02, 09:00 ESA

The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager2 (MTG-I2) satellite, has been launched on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Liftoff was on 27 August 2026 at 22:11 CEST (17:10 ...

2026-09-02, 08:50 ESA

28 August 2026Media representatives are invited to join online media briefings in several languages ahead of the launch of the FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellites on a Vega-C rocket (flight ...

2026-09-02, 08:40 ESA

The second Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2) has been launched on board Ariane 6, flight VA270, from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. It will complete the first family of MTG ...