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2026-07-13, 08:50 ESA

Thirty years after the European Space Agency first demonstrated the power of flying two satellites in very close formation, the concept was recently recreated. By temporarily positioning two ...

2026-07-12, 17:40 ESA

Since its launch in October 2018, the joint ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission has been on an eight-year journey through space to reach Mercury. This September, the mission will finally enter its ...

2026-07-11, 08:30 ESA

The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures Canada's Great Bear Lake in striking colours.Straddling the Arctic Circle, Great Bear Lake lies in the Northwest Territories of Canada. Its area of 31 328 ...

2026-07-09, 08:50 ESA

Operating across 140 million km of space, the control team for ESA's Hera mission have succeeded in upgrading the software running the spacecraft, leaving it ready to explore the distant Dimorphos ...

2026-07-08, 08:20 ESA

The Hellenic Fire System has returned its first image, marking an important milestone in Greece's future national space-based wildfire monitoring capability.Launched at the beginning of May, the ...

2026-07-07, 12:20 ESA

2 July 2026Media representatives are invited to express their interest in attending the media programme for the launch of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) Imager weather satellite, MTG-I2, at ...

2026-07-06, 21:50 ESA

After 12 years of exceptional service, the pioneering Copernicus Sentinel-1A radar satellite has reached the end of its mission. Originally designed for a seven-year life in orbit, the satellite has ...

2026-07-05, 20:40 ESA

This image shows the sea surface temperature anomaly detected in the Mediterranean Sea on 29 June 2026, compared to the average for the period 1991-2020, with dark red indicating temperatures that ...

2026-07-04, 08:30 ESA

The Grand Canyon, a stunning natural feature in the landscape of Arizona, US, is featured in these two satellite views.This river valley in the southwestern portion of the Colorado Plateau stretches ...

2026-07-03, 15:20 ESA

Building on the remarkable success of the Earth Explorer Aeolus wind mission, the European Space Agency has given Airbus Defence and Space in the UK the authorisation to proceed to begin the ...