Earth from Space: Tokyo, Japan
This Copernicus Sentinel-1 radar image shows Tokyo and its metropolitan area, the largest urban agglomeration in the world.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution.Japan's capital ...
Solar Orbiter ready for close...
The European Space Agency (ESA) is ready to guide the ESA/NASA Solar Orbiter spacecraft through its closest encounter with Venus so far.Today's flyby will be the first to significantly ?tilt' the ...
Earth from Space: Heart of Mount St...
For Valentine's Day, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission picks out a heart in the landscape north of Mount St Helens in the US state of Washington.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m ...
Forest mission on show
After years of meticulous development, ESA's next Earth Explorer satellite, Biomass, is ready to be packed up for transport to Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, where it will launch aboard a ...
Earth from Space: Snow-capped Swiss Alps
The ranges and valleys of the Swiss Alps stand out in this image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission in December 2024.Extending some 1200 km, the Alps occupy an area of about 200 000 sq km ...
ESA and Finland pave the way towards...
Today, ESA, the Finnish government and the Finnish Meteorological Institute took the initial steps towards establishing a ?supersite' for Earth observation calibration and validation in Sodankylä in ...
Top 10 persistent methane sources
A list of the top 10 global regions where natural or anthropogenic sources emit methane on a continuous, ?persistent' basis was recently published in a scientific journal.The study analysed data and ...
Earth from Space: S?o Francisco...
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image highlights part of the S?o Francisco River in eastern Brazil.With a course of 2914 km, the S?o Francisco is the fourth largest river system in South America and the ...
19 New Space signatures for...
Nineteen satellite data companies have signed agreements to provide new or enhanced services to the Copernicus programme in their roles as Copernicus Contributing Missions.Today, at the 17th Space ...
Ariane 6 to take Sentinel-1D into orbit
Entrusted by the European Commission, ESA has signed a contract with Arianespace to secure an Ariane 6 rocket for the launch of the Sentinel-1D satellite, the fourth unit of the Copernicus Sentinel-1 ...
