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Sea-level height in the Gulf Stream, by Sentinel-6B

First image from Sentinel-6B extends sea-level legacy

16/12/2025 1793 views 31 likes

Methane from landfill site

Satellites help tackle landfill methane leaks

15/12/2025 4053 views 54 likes

High-energy protons during solar storm over the North Pole

Swarm detects rare proton spike during solar storm

11/12/2025 7886 views 74 likes

ROSE-L set up for acoustic testing

ROSE-L given the shakes

08/12/2025 1521 views 16 likes

EarthCARE improves estimates of how clouds influence Earth’s energy balance

EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate models

03/12/2025 3364 views 68 likes

IRIDE’s Eaglet II satellites launched from Vandenberg

Italian mission adds to growing IRIDE space fleet

29/11/2025 2112 views 26 likes

Athens from ICEYE

High-resolution radar satellites launched for Greece

29/11/2025 10523 views 49 likes

HydroGNSS launched to ‘scout’ for water

ESA’s HydroGNSS mission launched to ‘scout’ for water

28/11/2025 3588 views 44 likes

The European Space Agency has signed a letter of intent with Norway to advance the prospect of a new ESA Arctic Space Centre to be hosted in Tromsø.

ESA and Norway explore possibility of Arctic Space Centre

27/11/2025 2621 views 25 likes

HydroGNSS

Watch: HydroGNSS, IRIDE and Greek mission satellites launch

26/11/2025 5683 views 65 likes

Formaldehyde over Africa measured by Sentinel-5A

Sentinel-5 debuts images of atmospheric gases

26/11/2025 4715 views 54 likes

Bremen by Sentinel-1D

Sentinel-1D delivers first images: from Antarctica to Bremen

26/11/2025 25207 views 60 likes

MetOp Second Generation-B1 heads for electromagnetic compatibility tests

Next MetOp Second Generation weather satellite in the spotl…

24/11/2025 1116 views 22 likes

ESA’s Earth from Space exhibit lands in Prague

ESA’s Earth from Space exhibit lands in Prague

18/11/2025 607 views 15 likes

Climbing high to measure greenhouse gas flux

ESA investigates high-stakes Amazon tipping point

17/11/2025 2583 views 42 likes

Sentinel-6B separates from rocket

Sentinel-6B launched to extend record of sea-level rise

17/11/2025 4065 views 47 likes

Forest floor and forest canopy

Brazil gears up to harness ESA’s Biomass data

13/11/2025 2947 views 42 likes

Sentinel-6B release into orbit

Watch: Sentinel-6B launch live broadcast

13/11/2025 5752 views 45 likes

Amazon rainforest

ESA satellites track progress on Paris Agreement goals

07/11/2025 2429 views 23 likes

HydroGNSS satellite twins ready for launch

ESA’s HydroGNSS Scout satellites ready for launch

06/11/2025 2627 views 36 likes

Sentinel-1D lifts off on Ariane 6

Sentinel-1D reaches orbit on Ariane 6

04/11/2025 12393 views 45 likes

Sentinel-1D about to meet rocket

Sentinel-1D and Ariane 6 ready for liftoff

03/11/2025 5841 views 15 likes

Sentinel-1C interferogram of northern Chile

Sentinel-1 mission… did you know?

03/11/2025 1841 views 34 likes

Earthquake damage

AI challenge advances satellite-based disaster mapping

29/10/2025 1950 views 32 likes

Ariane 6 fairing release revealing Sentinel-1D

Watch live: Sentinel-1D launch on Ariane 6

28/10/2025 21095 views 136 likes

FutureEO: pioneering Earth observation for a better world

FutureEO at ESA’s Ministerial Council 2025

23/10/2025 3032 views 32 likes

First image of nitrogen dioxide from Sentinel-4

Sentinel-4 offers first glimpses of air pollutants

21/10/2025 12357 views 103 likes

Sentinel-1D fuelled in Kourou

Sentinel-1D fuelled and ready for encapsulation

20/10/2025 2040 views 41 likes

South Atlantic Anomaly 2025 compared to 2014

Swarm reveals growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field

13/10/2025 82347 views 277 likes

Sea state

Satellites reveal the power of ocean swell

08/10/2025 5514 views 57 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-1D team in Kourou

Sentinel-1D preparations underway in Kourou

08/10/2025 2495 views 32 likes

In September, mission controllers at ESA's mission control centre started a major simulations exercise to ensure that the next Copernicus Sentinel Earth Observation mission, Sentinel-6B, safely navigates its first days in space.

Enabling & Support

Rehearsing for Sentinel-6B’s early days in space

08/10/2025 1395 views 17 likes

Sentinel-6B ready to start its launch campaign

Sea-level monitoring satellite unboxed

01/10/2025 3383 views 22 likes

HydroGNSS

HydroGNSS: ESA’s first Scout begins launch preparations

29/09/2025 1812 views 21 likes

Radar images of Puch in X, C, S and L bands

Measuring soil from the sky for ROSE-L and CHIME

24/09/2025 1161 views 12 likes

WIVERN

ESA selects WIVERN as 11th Earth Explorer mission

23/09/2025 7190 views 92 likes

Antarctic subglacial lake inventory

85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica

19/09/2025 9728 views 84 likes

Simulations ongoing for Sentinel-1D

Enabling & Support

“We know the drill”: Sentinel-1D begins streamlined simulat…

16/09/2025 1174 views 19 likes

Unloading Sentinel-1D

Sentinel-1D in French Guiana for launch campaign

11/09/2025 4620 views 35 likes

Second MTG-Imager in the thermal vacuum chamber

Second MTG-Imager satellite passes thermal vacuum test

04/09/2025 2267 views 37 likes

First glimpse of MetOp-SG-A1 Microwave Sounder data

New MetOp Second Generation weather satellite returns first…

02/09/2025 10073 views 73 likes

Soil moisture anomalies over 2024 compared to 1991–2020

ESA data records help underpin climate change report

25/08/2025 3222 views 63 likes

Iberian fires August 2025

Iberian wildfires seen from space

20/08/2025 11207 views 64 likes

Arctic Weather Satellite small but perfectly formed

ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite adds power to forecasts

18/08/2025 4301 views 64 likes

Penguins resting on Antarctic sea ice

Tracking the climate-driven shift in Antarctic plankton fro…

13/08/2025 3205 views 56 likes

MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 take to the skies

First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 launched

13/08/2025 8721 views 51 likes

MetOp Second Generation A-type satellite

Watch: MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 launch

06/08/2025 13257 views 83 likes

Encapsulating MetOp-SG-A1 satellite in Ariane 6 fairing

First MetOp-SG satellite sealed within Ariane 6 fairing

05/08/2025 4154 views 54 likes

Global map of vegetation optical depth, 2018

SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests

01/08/2025 2966 views 53 likes

European forests

A troubling shift in Europe’s forest carbon balance

30/07/2025 2191 views 9 likes

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