EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate...
True to its promise, the European Space Agency's EarthCARE satellite is now being used to calculate directly how clouds and aerosols influence Earth's energy balance – the all-important balance ...
From the Minoans to satellite metrology
The Minoans were a sophisticated Bronze Age civilization (c. 3100–1100 BC) on Crete and widely regarded as Europe's earliest advanced culture. They are best known for their impressive palace ...
Earth from Space: Singing dunes and...
This Copernicus Sentinel-1 image features part of the Badain Jaran Desert in northwestern China.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution.With an area of about 49 000 sq km, Badain Jaran ...
Flooding in Sri Lanka
Puttalam district in North Western Sri Lanka is currently facing severe flooding, landslides and rockfalls, caused by heavy monsoon rains across the region. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captured ...
High-resolution radar satellites...
Thanks to the EU-funded Recovery and Resilience Facility, and through collaboration between the Greek government, the private satellite company ICEYE and the European Space Agency (ESA), two new ...
Italian mission adds to growing IRIDE...
The Italian programme IRIDE, which provides public sector services based on data from its fleet of Earth observation constellations, has added eight satellites to its second constellation, Eaglet ...
HydroGNSS launch highlights
ESA's first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched on 28 November 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth's ...
ESAs HydroGNSS mission launched to...
The European Space Agency's first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched today, 28 November, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of ...
ESAs HydroGNSS mission lifts off
ESA's first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched on 28 November 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth's ...
Replay: HydroGNSS launch coverage
ESA's first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched on 28 November 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth's ...
