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Ice mission CRISTAL opens its wings

26/10/2026 1417 views 40 likes
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Sentinel-3C captures Hurricane Rachel

19/10/2026 970 views 42 likes
Demonstrating that the visible channels of Sentinel-3C’s sea and land surface temperature radiometer are working as expected, on 2 October the instrument captured this image of Hurricane Rachel over the eastern Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Mexico and the Baja California Peninsula.
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Earth from Space: West Antarctica

16/10/2026 5008 views 60 likes
This image over part of West Antarctica was captured by Copernicus Sentinel-3 on 30 September 2026.
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Earth from Space: Namibia’s biggest salt pan

09/10/2026 3158 views 58 likes
This image from Copernicus Sentinel-2, acquired on 5 April 2026, shows the Etosha National Park in northern Namibia.
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Italy and beyond imaged by Sentinel-3C
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Sentinel-3C returns its first views of Earth

08/10/2026 7217 views 50 likes
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Earth from Space: Typhoon Surigae

02/10/2026 2721 views 61 likes
This false-colour, polarised image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows us the surface of the sea beneath the clouds, as seen by the satellite’s radar instrument. The sea conditions reflect the strong winds as Typhoon Surigae passes over.
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Earth from Space: Laguna Colorada

18/09/2026 2040 views 50 likes
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image, acquired on 25 August 2026, shows an area of the Andean Altiplano in southern Bolivia near the border with Chile.
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Thwaits Glacier, Antarctica
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Faster-flowing glaciers fuel decades of polar ice loss

16/09/2026 4490 views 34 likes
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Vega-C takes FLEX and Sentinel-3C into orbit
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FLEX and Sentinel-3C launched

15/09/2026 8816 views 54 likes
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FLEX and Sentinel-3C ready for launch
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FLEX and Sentinel-3C ready for liftoff on Vega-C

14/09/2026 2287 views 27 likes
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Press Release N° 45–2026
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FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch re-watch event on 15 September at ESA's Space Operations Centre

Media representatives are invited to attend the launch re-watch event for the FLEX (Fluorescence Explorer) and Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellites at the European Space Operations Centre (ESA/ESOC) in Darmstadt, Germany, on Tuesday morning, 15 September 2026.
07/09/2026 1013 views
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Press Release N° 35–2026
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Call for interest: media programme for FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C launch at Europe’s Spaceport

Media representatives are invited to express their interest in attending the media programme at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana for the launch of the FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellites on a Vega-C rocket (flight VV30). Liftoff is expected to take place on 14 September 2026 (22:21 local time, 03.21 CEST on 15 September).
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FLEX and Sentinel-3C head to launch site

02/07/2026 952 views 6 likes
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Europe faces the heat

25/06/2026 7517 views 63 likes
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From the Minoans to satellite metrology

08/12/2025 3085 views 31 likes
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