News - ESA

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 ...

2026-09-02, 08:30 ESA

The Meteosat Third Generation Imager2 satellite (MTG-I2) has been encapsulated inside the Ariane 6 fairing and is in place on its launch pad. It is scheduled to lift off on Thursday evening, 27 ...

2026-09-01, 21:50 ESA

After eight years, the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission is about to enter its Mercury Arrival Phase. On 3 September 2026, ESA's Mercury Transfer Module (MTM) will separate from BepiColombo's two science ...

2026-08-29, 10:20 ESA

Copernicus Sentinel-6B, launched last month, has reached its orbit and delivered its first set of data, which show variations in sea level in the North Atlantic Ocean. This data underlines how the ...

2026-08-28, 08:00 ESA

The extent and speed of ice moving off the ice sheets of Greenland and Antarctica into the sea – an important dynamic for climate and sea-rise modelling – has been captured over a 10-year period ...

2026-08-27, 08:20 ESA

Healthcare in space is evolving. On the International Space Station, astronauts already use ultrasound to monitor their health, but until now, they have relied on real-time guidance from experts on ...