Sea-level monitoring satellite unboxed
Following its arrival in California a few weeks ago, the time has come for spacecraft engineers to ready the next sea-level monitoring satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-6B, for launch, which is slated ...
HydroGNSS: ESAs first Scout begins...
The European Space Agency's (ESA's) HydroGNSS mission, which will investigate the Earth's water cycle, has landed in California and is ready to start preparations for launch.Changes in the global ...
Measuring soil from the sky for...
Gathering datasets about our soil, from the ground, the air and from space, is part of the robust preparation for these two new European satellites set to extend the capabilities of the Copernicus ...
Pulse: ESAs new approach to flying...
As ESA's space activities expand in scale and complexity, there is a growing demand for interoperable systems capable of managing information across multiple missions, centres, and partners. ...
Earth from Space: Northeast Greenland...
Part of the icy landscape of the Northeast Greenland National Park is pictured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m ...
ESA selects WIVERN as 11th Earth...
After meticulous preparation and rigorous evaluation, ESA's Member States have selected WIVERN to become the 11th Earth Explorer mission to be implemented through the agency's prestigious FutureEO ...
85 new subglacial lakes detected...
Hidden beneath the biggest ice mass on Earth, hundreds of subglacial lakes form a crucial part of Antarctica's icy structure, affecting the movement and stability of glaciers, and consequentially ...
Earth from Space: Komodo Island,...
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures a cloud-free view over the island of Komodo in southeastern Indonesia.Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this image at its full 10 m ...
?We know the drill?: Sentinel-1D...
For over a decade, mission control teams at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC) have successfully commissioned and operated most of the Sentinel fleet of satellites. This week, in preparation ...
First view of aerosols from MetOp-SGs...
MetOp Second Generation (MetOp-SG) was launched in August 2025. Two of its instruments have already returned first data. Now it's the turn of the Multiviewing multichannel multipolarisation imager ...
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