Earth from Space: Northwest Sardinia,...

2025-05-09, 11:20 ESA

Part of the Italian island of Sardinia is featured in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on the circles to ...

Antarctic glacier caught stealing ice...

2025-05-08, 08:40 ESA

Thanks largely to Copernicus Sentinel-1, scientists have discovered that a glacier in Antarctica is rapidly siphoning ice from neighbouring flows ? at a pace never before seen. Until now, researchers ...

MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 take a step...

2025-05-07, 20:20 ESA

Fresh from the cleanroom in Bremen, Germany, the second of the Meteosat Third Generation satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission have arrived at Cape Canaveral ...

Forest satellites big antenna opens up

2025-05-07, 14:20 ESA

Just a week after its launch, ESA's Biomass mission has reached another critical milestone on its path to delivering unprecedented insights into the world's forests and their vital role in Earth's ...

ESA unveils longest-ever dataset on...

2025-05-02, 18:50 ESA

As the new Biomass satellite settles into life in orbit following its launch on 29 April, ESA has released its most extensive satellite-based maps of above-ground forest carbon to date. Spanning ...

Earth from Space: Worlds biggest iceberg

2025-05-02, 11:20 ESA

The Ocean and Land Colour Instrument on Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured this image of Earth's biggest iceberg, A23a, on 5 April 2025.Zoom in to explore this image at its full resolution.The ice mass ...

Biomass launch highlights

2025-04-30, 17:20 ESA

ESA's state-of-the-art Biomass satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 29 April 2025 at 11:15 CEST (06:15 local time).In ...

Launch of ESAs Biomass mission from...

2025-04-29, 20:20 ESA

ESA's state-of-the-art Biomass satellite launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 29 April 2025 at 11:15 CEST (06:15 local time).In ...

ESAs Biomass mission launches on Vega-C

2025-04-29, 17:10 ESA

ESA's state-of-the-art Biomass satellite has launched aboard a Vega-C rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. The rocket lifted off on 29 April 2025 at 11:15 CEST (06:15 local time).In ...

Biomass launched to count forest carbon

2025-04-29, 16:40 ESA

ESA's groundbreaking Biomass satellite, designed to provide unprecedented insights into the world's forests and their crucial role in Earth's carbon cycle, has been launched. The satellite lifted off ...