ESA and Finland pave the way towards...
Today, ESA, the Finnish government and the Finnish Meteorological Institute took the initial steps towards establishing a ?supersite' for Earth observation calibration and validation in Sodankylä in ...
Top 10 persistent methane sources
A list of the top 10 global regions where natural or anthropogenic sources emit methane on a continuous, ?persistent' basis was recently published in a scientific journal.The study analysed data and ...
Earth from Space: S?o Francisco...
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights part of the S?o Francisco River in eastern Brazil.With a course of 2914 km, the S?o Francisco is the fourth largest river system in South America and the ...
19 New Space signatures for...
Nineteen satellite data companies have signed agreements to provide new or enhanced services to the Copernicus programme in their roles as Copernicus Contributing Missions.Today, at the 17th Space ...
Ariane 6 to take Sentinel-1D into orbit
Entrusted by the European Commission, ESA has signed a contract with Arianespace to secure an Ariane 6 rocket for the launch of the Sentinel-1D satellite, the fourth unit of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 ...
First MetOp Second Generation...
ESA, Eumetsat, the European Commission and Arianespace have announced an agreement to advance the launch of the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, which also carries the Copernicus ...
Europes carbon dioxide monitoring...
Building on the initial contract to develop two satellites for the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission, the European Commission and ESA have now entrusted OHB System AG with ...
Media invitation: cleanroom visit to...
27 January 2025Journalists are invited to a one-off opportunity to see the latest-generation European weather satellite, the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder, MTG-S, as well as the Copernicus ...
Downlinking satellite data from space...
In October 2024, NASA and ESA carried out a series of system trials to test the transmission of data from ESA ground stations to commercial cloud servers.Ground station operators at ESA's space ...
Smouldering woody debris fuels air...
A groundbreaking study, funded by ESA, reveals that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado are largely driven by the smouldering combustion of woody debris. This crucial discovery highlights the ...
