FLEX and Sentinel-3C bound for launch...

2026-07-03, 14:20 ESA

Following their final preparations at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, France, two new ESA-developed satellites have set sail from Nice for French Guiana, where they will undergo final checks and ...

Watch: Earth Explorer 12 User...

2026-07-03, 14:10 ESA

On 7–8 July 2026, leading Earth observation scientists and experts are gathering in Tallinn, Estonia, for the Earth Explorer 12 User Consultation Meeting – a key milestone in the selection of ...

Earth from Space: Desert cropland

2026-06-27, 08:00 ESA

These Copernicus Sentinel-2 images show agricultural development in the desert of southern Egypt, close to the border with Sudan.Egypt is over 95% desert, making a very small proportion of its land ...

End of the blue glow: BepiColombo...

2026-06-25, 08:30 ESA

At 15:24 CEST on 15 June 2026, a faint blue glow in space was switched off for the last time. After powering BepiColombo's eight-year journey across the inner Solar System, the spacecraft's solar ...

MTG captures Earth at June solstice

2026-06-23, 08:50 ESA

Yesterday, at 10:24 CEST, the Sun reached its most northerly point in the sky, marking the longest day of the year and the summer solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, when Earth's North Pole is ...

Earth from Space celebrates 1000 images

2026-06-20, 08:30 ESA

ESA's Earth from Space series reaches its 1000th image with a return to the vibrant waters of southern Florida, Cuba and the Bahamas – the same region featured in the very first edition in ...

Dont miss the Earth Explorer 12 User...

2026-06-19, 08:30 ESA

The countdown is on for scientists, researchers and Earth observation experts eager to help shape the future of the European Space Agency's Earth Explorer satellite series. Registration is closing ...

Carbon dioxide monitoring satellites...

2026-06-18, 08:40 ESA

Europe's pioneering Copernicus Anthropogenic Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission has cleared a significant development milestone, marking further progress towards a new era of greenhouse gas monitoring ...

Pacific warming signals El Ni?o has...

2026-06-16, 08:50 ESA

Satellite measurements are showing a sharp surge in sea-surface temperatures across the tropical Pacific in recent months – the clearest early signal that El Niño is back.This powerful climate ...

Arrival of MTG-I2 by boat at Europes...

2026-06-16, 08:40 ESA

The Meteosat Third Generation-Imager-2 (MTG-I2) satellite has arrived at Pariacabo harbour in French Guiana, ready to be transported to Europe's Spaceport.Having spent around two weeks at sea, ...