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Vega-C fairing opens to reveal Sentinel-3C and FLEX
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Watch: FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch on Vega-C

09/09/2026 907 views 17 likes
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Anak Krakatau eruption by Sentinel-3

08/09/2026 12719 views 87 likes
Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured a plume from the eruption of Anak Krakatau on Saturday, 5 September.
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FLEX and Sentinel-3C being hoisted into the launch tower

07/09/2026 500 views 15 likes
FLEX and Sentinel-3C being hoisted into the launch tower
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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 522 views
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Smoke plume from Greek wildfires seen by Sentinel-3
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How Sentinel-3 tracks climate change

04/09/2026 1637 views 34 likes
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FLEX and Sentinel-3C being sealed from view
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FLEX and Sentinel-3C sealed within Vega-C fairing

02/09/2026 2054 views 48 likes
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Sentinel-2 captures before and after Nepal flash flood
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Nepal flash flood imaged by satellites

31/08/2026 55094 views 123 likes
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Fuelling Sentinel-3C

28/08/2026 187 views 5 likes
Fuelling Sentinel-3C
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Petermann Glacier calves huge iceberg
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Sentinel-1 captures major ice loss from Greenland glacier

21/08/2026 11274 views 87 likes
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Danube’s waters fall to record lows

07/08/2026 18725 views 108 likes
These Copernicus Sentinel-2 images over the Danube north of Budapest show how the river’s level has fallen to a record low in Hungary due to a severe drought in central Europe.
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Earth from Space: New Orleans and the mighty Mississippi

31/07/2026 4610 views 56 likes
This colourful radar image captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission features New Orleans and the delta of the Mississippi River, one the largest rivers in North America.
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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).
20/07/2026 1439 views
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FLEX and Sentinel-3C head to launch site

02/07/2026 742 views 4 likes
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Europe faces the heat

25/06/2026 7165 views 62 likes
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From the Minoans to satellite metrology

08/12/2025 2956 views 31 likes
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