How is ESA supporting ISRO?s Aditya...
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to launch its Aditya-L1 solar observatory from Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota Range (SDSC SHAR), India, at 11:50 IST (08:20 CEST) on 2 ...
Wildfires continue to rage in Greece
A month after fires ravaged the island of Rhodes in July 2023, more fires have ripped through Greece this week as southern Europe swelters under a late summer heatwave. This Copernicus Sentinel-2 ...
Portugal blaze
With Portugal in the grip of a heatwave, a wildfire broke out on 5 August south of Odemira in the Alentejo region in southern Portugal. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 satellite ...
Simulating Aeolus?s demise: a bird?s...
Aeolus?s mission is over, but weather forecasting is improved forever, and a new precedent has been set for safe satellite reentries. The trailblazing Earth Explorer returned through our atmosphere ...
Aeolus reentry: the breakdown
After a remarkable life in orbit, Aeolus is out of fuel and out of time ? it?s returning to Earth this week. Planned and built before any regulations were put in place on ?end-of-life? disposal, the ...
Earth from Space: Río de la Plata
The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission takes us over the Río de la Plata estuary between Argentina and Uruguay.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution or click on the circles to learn ...
Earth from Space: New York
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights the colours of autumn over the southern part of New York state in the US.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles ...
Journey back to Earth: Aeolus'...
ESA?s wind mission Aeolus is coming home. After five years of improving weather forecasts, the satellite will return in a first-of-its-kind assisted reentry. At ESA?s Space Operations Centre in ...
Rhodes wildfire forces thousands to flee
Wildfires burning on the Greek island of Rhodes have forced the evacuation of thousands of people as flames have spread from the island?s mountainous region to the coast. The Copernicus Sentinel-2 ...
Simulating Aeolus?s demise: a bird?s...
Aeolus?s mission is over, but weather forecasting is improved forever, and a new precedent has been set for safe satellite reentries. The trailblazing Earth Explorer returned through our atmosphere ...
