Sea-level monitoring satellite...

2025-07-23, 15:50 ESA

The next sea-level monitoring satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-6B, has begun its journey from Europe to the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where it is scheduled to launch in November. ...

Watch: MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5...

2025-07-23, 11:40 ESA

With launch slated for August, the first MetOp Second Generation satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, which also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, is currently undergoing final preparations for liftoff ...

Another milestone for the future of...

2025-07-21, 12:00 ESA

The Meteosat Third Generation sounder satellite, hosting the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, has reached its orbit and has been placed under the control of Eumetsat. It is now ready to start ...

Earth from Space: Circles in the desert

2025-07-18, 11:40 ESA

This image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows circular agricultural structures near Tabarjal, in the barren desert of northern Saudi Arabia.Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this image at its ...

ALTIUS ozone missions satellite...

2025-07-17, 20:20 ESA

In a spotless cleanroom, engineers at Redwire's facilities in Belgium, have completed the assembly of a key part ESA's ALTIUS ozone mission ? the all-important satellite platform is now fully formed ...

?sat-2 begins science phase for AI...

2025-07-16, 08:00 ESA

?sat-2, a miniature satellite, has completed its commissioning and has begun delivery of science data, using algorithms to efficiently process and compress Earth observation images, as well as detect ...

Earth from Space: Lake District, UK

2025-07-12, 11:00 ESA

The varied landscape of England's Lake District is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this image at its full 10 m ...

Europes first deep-space optical...

2025-07-12, 10:20 ESA

The European Space Agency (ESA) successfully established a transmission-reception optical link with NASA's Deep Space Optical Communications (DSOC) experiment onboard its Psyche mission, located 265 ...

Watch live: Earth Explorer 11 User...

2025-07-07, 12:20 ESA

On 9 July 2025, leading scientists and experts in Earth observation will gather in Prague, Czechia, for a pivotal moment in Earth science ? to delve into and debate the strengths of the two finalist ...

Antarctic waters getting saltier as...

2025-07-04, 12:40 ESA

Using data from ESA's SMOS satellite, scientists have revealed a surprising shift in the Southern Ocean ? surface waters around Antarctica are growing saltier, even as sea ice is diminishing rapidly. ...