DART impact might have reshaped...
ESA?s Hera spacecraft for planetary defence is being prepared for a journey to the distant asteroid moon Dimorphos orbiting around its parent body Didymos. One of the first features Hera will look ...
ERS-2 buckles and bends during final...
Following a hugely successful mission and almost 30 years in orbit, ESA?s ERS-2 reentered Earth?s atmosphere at approximately 18:17 CET (17:17 UTC) on 21 February 2024.Predicting the exact time and ...
ESA satellite returns to Earth ?...
Mission complete. ESA?s second European Remote Sensing (ERS-2) satellite has reentered Earth?s atmosphere over the North Pacific Ocean. The satellite returned at 18:17 CET (17:17 UTC) between Alaska ...
Earth from Space: A veil of haze and...
This Copernicus Sentinel-3 image from October 2023 captures the plains of northern India and Pakistan under a white veil of haze and smoke.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or ...
New mission to track changes in the...
Tracking ice lost from the world?s glaciers, ice sheets and frozen land shows that Earth is losing ice at an accelerating rate. Monitoring the cryosphere is crucial for assessing, predicting and ...
Satellites increasingly critical to...
Playing a huge role in moderating the climate, oceans are fundamental to the functioning of our planet. Understanding more about how seawater temperatures are rising and how oceans are absorbing ...
ERS-2 reenters Earth?s atmosphere...
At approximately 18:17 CET (17:17 UTC) on Wednesday 21 February 2024, ESA?s ERS-2 satellite completed its atmospheric reentry over the North Pacific Ocean. No damage to property has been ...
NanoMagSat and Tango Scout missions...
Further embracing the New Space era, ESA is to develop two new Scout satellites: NanoMagSat and Tango. NanoMagSat will measure Earth’s magnetic field to help assess space weather hazards and ...
ERS-2 spotted by other satellites...
ESA?s European Remote Sensing 2 satellite (ERS-2) was recently spotted tumbling as it descends through the atmosphere. These images were captured by cameras on board other satellites by Australian ...
Tobago oil spill
Before and after satellite images from the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission show the scale of the oil spill that occurred off the shores of Trinidad and Tobago?s coastline earlier this week. The ship, ...
