News - ESA

2026-08-23, 14:40 ESA

Europe's newest eye on the health of Earth's vegetation has taken another crucial step towards orbit – the European Space Agency's FLEX satellite has been fuelled at Europe's Spaceport in French ...

2026-08-23, 09:00 ESA

Europe's Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured a dramatic change at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km section of the glacier's floating ice tongue broke away on 4 August ...

2026-08-20, 08:20 ESA

On Wednesday 19 August, media representatives were invited to a media briefing ahead of the launch of the next Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2). The satellite is set to be launched ...

2026-08-19, 09:40 ESA

Satellite data from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission is reaching emergency services up to three times faster, enabling a quicker response to wildfires in Europe – all thanks to teams at the ...

2026-08-18, 09:30 ESA

10 August 2026Media representatives are invited to join online media briefings in English, French and German ahead of the launch of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Imager weather satellite, ...

2026-08-14, 09:40 ESA

Yesterday between 20:26 and 20:34 CEST, parts of the Iberian peninsula experienced a total solar eclipse. This animation, composed of images from the Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite ...

2026-08-14, 09:20 ESA

First the European Space Agency's Hera asteroid mission separated from its launcher on 7 October 2024, next its lengthy ‘cruise phase' began – the car-sized spacecraft's journey through millions ...

2026-08-11, 08:20 ESA

Earth observation satellites help us monitor phenomena such as wildfires, drought and heatwaves from space. This page is updated on a regular basis with a selection of ESA's most recent news-related ...

2026-08-08, 09:30 ESA

Since the second Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2) began its launch campaign last month, it has undergone rigorous pre-launch inspections that ensure the electronic and mechanical ...

2026-08-08, 08:30 ESA

These Copernicus Sentinel-2 images show a stretch of the Danube river about 45 km north of the Hungarian capital, Budapest.On the left is a satellite's view from 9 August 2025, showing the river ...