Hellenic Fire System moves a step...
Following the launch of two radar satellites for Greece at the end of last year, four infrared imaging satellites dedicated to detecting and monitoring wildfires across the country are now being ...
She flies satellites. One day, I can...
At ESA's European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), teams work around the clock to fly spacecraft across the Solar System and monitor Earth from orbit. Among them are women leading spacecraft ...
How does an ice satellite detect a...
It seems improbable that a satellite designed to monitor polar ice sheets and floating sea ice could accurately measure a disturbance in Earth's magnetic field. But that is just what ESA's CryoSat ...
Media invitation: three innovative...
11 March 2026Journalists are invited to a one-off opportunity to see three ESA-built satellites in their final preparations before liftoff. The three satellites are: 1. the European Space Agency's ...
Earth from Space: Jostedalsbreen, Norway
Ahead of the World Day for Glaciers, Copernicus Sentinel-2 captures the diverse landscape of western Norway with its jagged fjords, fertile valleys, mountain plateaus and Jostedalsbreen, the largest ...
OHB Sweden to build Sterna weather...
Thanks to the success of the Arctic Weather Satellite prototype and Eumetsat's recent greenlight to develop a full constellation of similar satellites called Sterna, the European Space Agency has ...
Hera on course for asteroid rendezvous
A successful deep-space manoeuvre has put ESA's Hera spacecraft on course for its rendezvous with the Didymos binary asteroid system later this year.The European Space Agency's (ESA) Hera spacecraft ...
ESAs HydroGNSS on track to scout for...
Just three months after launch, the European Space Agency's twin HydroGNSS satellites are already proving their capabilities in orbit. By exploiting reflected signals from navigation satellites – ...
Earth from Space: Maritime highways...
This image from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission shows us the maritime traffic passing through theØresund Strait in 2025.Zoom in or click on the circles to explore this image at its full 10 m ...
Earth from Space: Dhaka, Bangladesh
These two views from Copernicus Sentinel-2 reveal the landscape transformation in the area around Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh.This comparison shows Dhaka and its surroundings in February 2017 ...
