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ESA awards contracts for Europe’s EOGS blueprint

17/09/2026 859 views 17 likes

Thwaits Glacier, Antarctica

Faster-flowing glaciers fuel decades of polar ice loss

16/09/2026 3572 views 31 likes

Vega-C takes FLEX and Sentinel-3C into orbit

FLEX and Sentinel-3C launched

15/09/2026 7783 views 52 likes

FLEX and Sentinel-3C ready for launch

FLEX and Sentinel-3C ready for liftoff on Vega-C

14/09/2026 2083 views 26 likes

Teams at ESOC during ESA’s FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C launch and early orbit (LEOP) simulations

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A team of teams like never before: rehearsing a unique laun…

11/09/2026 1746 views 40 likes

Press Release N° 45–2026

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 872 views

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