First MetOp Second Generation...
ESA, Eumetsat, the European Commission and Arianespace have announced an agreement to advance the launch of the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, which also carries the Copernicus ...
Europes carbon dioxide monitoring...
Building on the initial contract to develop two satellites for the Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission, the European Commission and ESA have now entrusted OHB System AG with ...
Media invitation: cleanroom visit to...
27 January 2025Journalists are invited to a one-off opportunity to see the latest-generation European weather satellite, the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder, MTG-S, as well as the Copernicus ...
Downlinking satellite data from space...
In October 2024, NASA and ESA carried out a series of system trials to test the transmission of data from ESA ground stations to commercial cloud servers.Ground station operators at ESA's space ...
Smouldering woody debris fuels air...
A groundbreaking study, funded by ESA, reveals that fire emissions in the Amazon and Cerrado are largely driven by the smouldering combustion of woody debris. This crucial discovery highlights the ...
Earth from Space: Cyclone Dikeledi
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission captured Cyclone Dikeledi south of Madagascar on 16 January, just a few days after it made landfall on Africa's southeastern coast causing widespread destruction in ...
Swarm detects tidal signatures of our...
A study using data from ESA's Swarm mission suggests that faint magnetic signatures created by Earth's tides can help us determine magma distribution under the seabed and could even give us insights ...
Media invitation: last chance to see...
22 January 2025On 11 February, media representatives are invited to an exclusive opportunity to view ESA's Biomass satellite up close in the cleanroom at Airbus' facilities in Toulouse, France.This ...
Earth from Space: Frozen borders
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures the borders between North and South Dakota and Minnesota blanketed with snow and ice.Zoom in to explore this image at its full 10 m resolution or click on ...
Malargüe: A satellite dish best...
A capacity increase by almost 80%! In late July 2024, the Malargüe deep-space communication station completed an important upgrade of its antenna feed that will allow missions to send much more data ...
