The 2024 Global Methane Budget...

2024-09-10, 11:53 ESA

The Global Methane Budget 2024 paints a troubling picture of the current state of global methane emissions. The new report, which uses data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite, reveals that ...

Goodnight, Cluster: brilliant end to...

2024-09-09, 09:18 ESA

The first satellite in ESA's Cluster quartet safely came back down to Earth last night in a world-first ?targeted reentry', marking a brilliant end to this remarkable mission.The spacecraft, dubbed ...

Earth from Space: Sentinel-2 captures...

2024-09-06, 13:26 ESA

The Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite captured this image over Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on 2 September, just ahead of the Sentinel-2C launch.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m ...

Sentinel-2C launch highlights

2024-09-05, 10:59 ESA

The Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite lifted off on 5 September at 03:50 CEST (4 September 22:50 local time) aboard the last Vega rocket, flight VV24, from Europe's Spaceport in French ...

Sentinel-2C joins the Copernicus...

2024-09-05, 06:28 ESA

The third Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite launched today aboard the final Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Sentinel-2C will continue providing high-resolution data that is ...

European greenhouse gas emissions...

2024-09-04, 16:52 ESA

According to recent research, Europe's net greenhouse gas emissions have decreased by around 25% since the 1990s. While this is good news, the study also revealed a weakening in the capacity of land ...

Sentinel-2C operators complete final...

2024-09-03, 14:54 ESA

ESA mission controllers have completed the final phase of their simulation training for the critical launch and early orbit phase, confirming that everything is ready for the launch of Sentinel-2C.A ...

Mission control GO for Sentinel-2C...

2024-09-03, 10:23 ESA

At ESA's ESOC mission control centre, in Darmstadt, Germany, every launch is preceded by the pre-launch briefing ? and the all-important team photos.The next satellite to be flown from ESOC, ...

Watch Sentinel-2C launch live on the...

2024-09-02, 15:27 ESA

The Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite is ready for liftoff! Tune in to ESA WebTV on 4 September from 03:30 CEST to watch the satellite soar into space on the last Vega rocket to be launched from ...

Fourth Mercury flyby begins...

2024-09-02, 11:56 ESA

Teams from across ESA and industry have worked continuously over the past four months to overcome a glitch that prevented BepiColombo's thrusters from operating at full power. The ESA/JAXA mission is ...