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 ...

Sentinel-2C: ready for liftoff

2024-08-30, 10:51 ESA

Sentinel-2C is ready for launch! The new satellite will soon join its Copernicus Sentinel-2 family in orbit ? where it will continue to provide detailed views of Earth's land and coastal waters.The ...

Sentinel-2C pre-launch media briefing

2024-08-29, 16:59 ESA

The Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite is set for liftoff on 4 September on the last Vega rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.This recording is of a media briefing held on 29 August ...

Media invitation: Sentinel-2C...

2024-08-28, 13:49 ESA

27 August 2024The latest satellite in Europe's Copernicus programme, Sentinel-2C, is set for launch on the last Vega rocket  lift off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, on 3 ...

Juices lunar-Earth flyby: the movie

2024-08-27, 20:58 ESA

On 19?20 August 2024, Juice successfully completed a world-first lunar-Earth flyby, with flight controllers guiding the spacecraft first past the Moon, then past Earth. The gravity of the two changed ...

Sentinel-2C in the Vega launch tower

2024-08-27, 19:58 ESA

In preparation for liftoff on 4 September 2024 (3 September Kourou time), the Vega?Sentinel-2C upper-composite has been hoisted into the launch tower at Europe's Spaceport.The Sentinel-2 mission is ...