Taking EarthCARE into orbit

2024-05-29, 10:47 ESA

ESA's EarthCARE satellite lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US, on 29 May at 00:20 CEST (28 May, 15:20 local time).Developed as a cooperation ...

Replay: EarthCARE launch coverage

2024-05-29, 10:32 ESA

Watch the replay of the EarthCARE launch coverage. The video includes streaming of the event at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Germany and footage of liftoff from the Vandenberg Space ...

EarthCARE is launched

2024-05-29, 10:17 ESA

ESA's EarthCARE satellite lifted off on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US, on 29 May at 00:20 CEST (28 May, 15:20 local time).Developed as a cooperation ...

EarthCARE launched to study role of...

2024-05-29, 06:01 ESA

ESA's EarthCARE satellite, poised to revolutionise our understanding of how clouds and aerosols affect our climate, has been launched. This extraordinary satellite embarked on its journey into space ...

EarthCARE stands tall

2024-05-28, 20:58 ESA

The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket carrying ESA's EarthCARE satellite is poised patiently on the launch pad at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Once in orbit, this new satellite is set to ...

EarthCARE ready for launch

2024-05-28, 16:28 ESA

With liftoff now set for 29 May at 00:20 CEST (28 May, 15:20 local time), ESA's EarthCARE satellite ready for launch at the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California. Once in orbit, this new ...

Mission Control GO for EarthCARE launch

2024-05-28, 12:58 ESA

At ESA's ESOC mission control, in Darmstadt, Germany, every launch is preceded by a pre-launch briefing ? and the all-important group photo. This is the team that will fly EarthCARE ? ESA's newest ...

Last look at EarthCARE

2024-05-27, 22:23 ESA

ESA's EarthCARE satellite being encapsulated with in the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket fairing, which protects the satellite during the first stages of launch.ESA's Earth Cloud Aerosol and Radiation ...

Earth from Space: Changing Iceland in...

2024-05-24, 13:38 ESA

Iceland's Reykjanes Peninsula is featured in this colourful radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or click on the circles to learn ...

Unravelling the mysteries of clouds

2024-05-24, 13:23 ESA

Clouds are one of the biggest mysteries in the climate system. They play a key role in the regulating the temperature of our atmosphere. But we don't know how their behaviour will change over time as ...