Columbus at 100 000 orbits: a Q&A...
Since its launch in 2008, Columbus has been a cornerstone of European research in orbit, enabling hundreds of experiments and hosting astronauts from across the globe.Explore the story behind this ...
Earth from Space: Gibson Desert,...
Part of the Gibson Desert in Western Australia is featured in this image, captured by the Φsat-2 mission in June 2025.Covering an area of over 150 000 sq km, the desert consists of gravel terrains ...
Sentinel-1D in French Guiana for...
The fourth satellite for the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, Sentinel-1D, has arrived at Félix Eboué airport, the main airport in French Guiana. From there the spacecraft, safely stored in its ...
ESA deploys new fully European...
As part of an effort coordinated by the European Space Agency (ESA), Safran has released the first ultra-precise active hydrogen maser technology, entirely developed and designed in Europe.This core ...
Second MTG-Imager satellite passes...
The second of the Meteosat Third Generation Imagers, MTG-I2, has passed some important milestones in the cleanroom facilities at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, southern France.There is no rest for ...
Time moves fast when you are...
This video shows a timelapse of the launch preparations for Europe's first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite, which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission. MetOp-SG-A1 was ...
New MetOp Second Generation weather...
Less than three weeks since the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, was launched, this remarkable new satellite has already started transmitting data from two of its ...
ESA wraps up 300-million-kilometre...
Over the summer, the European Space Agency ran an optical communication demonstration campaign using two observatories on Earth and NASA's Psyche mission. All four optical links were successful.Four ...
Algae bloom chlorophyll South Australia
This image acquired by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission – by its Ocean and Land Colour Instrument – shows high concentrations of chlorophyll in yellow-green along the coastline of South ...
ESA data records help underpin...
According to the newly released 35th State of the Climate report, 2024 saw record highs in greenhouse gas concentrations, global land and ocean temperatures, sea levels, and ocean heat content. ...
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