Earth from Space: Ireland
The lush landscape of the island of Ireland and the coasts of Scotland, Wales and England, are pictured in this view from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission.Zoom in to explore this image at its full ...
New radar mission for Europe
The upcoming Copernicus Radar Observation System for Europe in L-band (ROSE-L) will provide continuous day-and-night all-weather monitoring of Earth's land, oceans and ice, and offer frequent ...
Earth from Space: Dawson-Lambton...
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features the ice tongue of the Dawson-Lambton Glacier in Antarctica.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to learn ...
How will space transform the global...
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), global agricultural production will need to increase by 60% by 2050 to meet the food demands of the growing global population.A new satellite ...
DART impact might have reshaped...
ESA?s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence is being prepared for a journey to the distant asteroid moon Dimorphos orbiting around its parent body Didymos. One of the first features Hera will look ...
ERS-2 buckles and bends during final...
Following a hugely successful mission and almost 30 years in orbit, ESA?s ERS-2 reentered Earth?s atmosphere at approximately 18:17 CET (17:17 UTC) on 21 February 2024.Predicting the exact time and ...
ESA satellite returns to Earth ?...
Mission complete. ESA?s second European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite has reentered Earth?s atmosphere over the North Pacific Ocean. The satellite returned at 18:17 CET (17:17 UTC) between Alaska ...
Earth from Space: A veil of haze and...
This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image from October 2023 captures the plains of northern India and Pakistan under a white veil of haze and smoke.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or ...
New mission to track changes in the...
Tracking ice lost from the world?s glaciers, ice sheets and frozen land shows that Earth is losing ice at an accelerating rate. Monitoring the cryosphere is crucial for assessing, predicting and ...
Satellites increasingly critical to...
Playing a huge role in moderating the climate, oceans are fundamental to the functioning of our planet. Understanding more about how seawater temperatures are rising and how oceans are absorbing ...
