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Italy and beyond imaged by Sentinel-3C

Sentinel-3C returns its first views of Earth

08/10/2026 6025 views 44 likes

EVE is a large language model that summarises, translates and presents huge amounts of Earth observation data in accessible ways.

Introducing ESA’s Earth Virtual Expert

08/10/2026 1376 views 22 likes

IRIDE provides satellite data for Italy’s environmental, emergency and security services.

Italy’s IRIDE completes Eaglet II constellation

02/10/2026 784 views 12 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-3 captured a plume from the eruption of Anak Krakatau on Saturday, 5 September.

EarthCARE’s view of volcanic plume boosts air safety

01/10/2026 1531 views 29 likes

Advancing Earth science

Three Earth Explorer candidates go forward

25/09/2026 4440 views 46 likes

European Resilience from Space–Earth Observation

ESA awards contracts for Europe’s EOGS blueprint

17/09/2026 1313 views 19 likes

Thwaits Glacier, Antarctica

Faster-flowing glaciers fuel decades of polar ice loss

16/09/2026 4353 views 34 likes

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

FLEX and Sentinel-3C launched

15/09/2026 8595 views 54 likes

FLEX and Sentinel-3C ready for launch

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

14/09/2026 2246 views 27 likes

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

Enabling & Support

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

11/09/2026 1910 views 41 likes

Detecting plant stress from space

Ten quirky facts about plant fluorescence

10/09/2026 1554 views 34 likes

Vega-C fairing opens to reveal Sentinel-3C and FLEX

Watch: FLEX and Sentinel-3C launch on Vega-C

09/09/2026 7777 views 50 likes

MTG-I2’s LEOP was supported by a project support team of 40 experts based in the Telespazio Mission Control Centre in Fucino

MTG-I2 reaches its final orbit

09/09/2026 1448 views 30 likes

Smoke plume from Greek wildfires seen by Sentinel-3

How Sentinel-3 tracks climate change

04/09/2026 2458 views 40 likes

FLEX and Sentinel-3C being sealed from view

FLEX and Sentinel-3C sealed within Vega-C fairing

02/09/2026 2625 views 51 likes

Sentinel-2 captures before and after Nepal flash flood

Nepal flash flood imaged by satellites

31/08/2026 61856 views 142 likes

MTG-I2 begins its journey

MTG-I2 completes Europe’s latest weather trio

27/08/2026 3988 views 49 likes

MTG-I2 on the launch pad

MTG-I2 ready for launch on Ariane 6

27/08/2026 3825 views 25 likes

MTG-I2 fairing jettison

Watch live: MTG-I2 set for liftoff

24/08/2026 10915 views 77 likes

Petermann Glacier calves huge iceberg

Sentinel-1 captures major ice loss from Greenland glacier

21/08/2026 12298 views 90 likes

Safey is paramount when fuelling a satellite

ESA’s photosynthesis satellite fuelled

20/08/2026 2248 views 47 likes

Pennine Alps glacier retreat

Wildfires, drought and extreme heat, 2026

18/08/2026 6479 views 70 likes

Two contrasting views of the countryside around the Serbian capital, Belgrade, captured on 8 August 2026.

Sentinel-3 provides faster data for Europe fires

18/08/2026 1486 views 14 likes

Seven members of ESA’s MTG team at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

The team behind Europe’s latest weather satellite

06/08/2026 2445 views 21 likes

Absolute severity measures the loss of above-ground biomass after a disturbance, such as wind, fire or insect damage, or after tree harvesting.

Europe’s forests losing more biomass since 2018

05/08/2026 3399 views 61 likes

Surface water over South America from HydroGNSS

HydroGNSS data open for new insights into Earth’s water

31/07/2026 4034 views 50 likes

Pacific Ocean salinity June 2026

SMOS salinity could offer early indicator of El Niño

30/07/2026 2684 views 51 likes

The data was captured by radar instruments on the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites.

How Sentinel-1 measured movement of Venezuela quakes

28/07/2026 3357 views 43 likes

This view of Xingu Indigenous Park and surrounding area, in the state of Mato Grosso in Brazil, shows above-ground biomass (AGB) increases and decreases between 2005 and 2024.

Improved reporting needed on forest carbon emissions

22/07/2026 1670 views 39 likes

FLEX and Sentinel-3 head to launch site

FLEX and Sentinel-3C arrive at Europe’s Spaceport

16/07/2026 2357 views 43 likes

ESRIN

ESA brings quantum computing to Earth observation

15/07/2026 2251 views 28 likes

MTG-Sounder satellite over the equator

MTG-S1 commissioned and in position for weather forecasting

15/07/2026 2047 views 43 likes

Interferograms of Scar Inlet Ice Shelf in 1995 compared to 2026

Satellites in tandem reveal 30 years of Antarctic ice flow

09/07/2026 2797 views 63 likes

First light from the Hellenic Fire System

Hellenic Fire System achieves first light

07/07/2026 1564 views 29 likes

MTG-I2 was taken out of its protective casing at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

Unpacking Europe’s new weather imagers

07/07/2026 2615 views 29 likes

Advancing Earth science

Watch: Earth Explorer 12 User Consultation Meeting

02/07/2026 1123 views 6 likes

Aeolus-2

Authorisation paves the way for Aeolus-2 wind mission

02/07/2026 2276 views 47 likes

Radar vision

Time to say goodbye to Sentinel-1A

30/06/2026 9138 views 80 likes

EarthCARE White Dragon improves weather forecasts

A first: EarthCARE cloud data sharpen weather forecasts

25/06/2026 1931 views 39 likes

Advancing Earth science

Don’t miss the Earth Explorer 12 User Consultation Meeting

18/06/2026 1356 views 15 likes

CO2M spectrometers in the cleanroom

Carbon dioxide monitoring satellite’s instrument passes vac…

17/06/2026 1180 views 24 likes

El Niño 2026 begins

Pacific warming signals El Niño has stirred

15/06/2026 15771 views 62 likes

Urban expansion and flood risk in Hanoi, 2016–2026

Tracking urban expansion in hazard-prone areas

11/06/2026 5522 views 39 likes

Sentinel-1 Next Generation

ESA awards contract to build Sentinel-1 Next Generation sat…

10/06/2026 3395 views 31 likes

Atmospheric nitrogen dioxide concentrations in 2024

Cleaner air and prosperity can go hand in hand

09/06/2026 5244 views 59 likes

The agreement sets out the intention for ESA and the EBRD to further explore areas of mutual interest for potential collaboration.

ESA and EBRD to advance Earth observation for development a…

08/06/2026 1602 views 28 likes

Tessera offers high-accuracy datasets that encode what the satellite ‘sees’ of Earth’s surface

Tessera AI model offers accessible way to view Earth

04/06/2026 9547 views 63 likes

Earth’s stormy heart

Insights into Earth’s molten outer core from space

21/05/2026 9543 views 82 likes

Scout missions

Greenlight for next two ESA Scout missions

20/05/2026 4259 views 57 likes

Cyber-resilience

Enabling & Support

Satellite Evidence in the Courtroom

19/05/2026 1149 views 7 likes

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