ESA - Observing the Earth - Archive

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Desert locust

Turning data from space into action for Earth

22/04/2026 651 views 18 likes

FLEX, Sentinel-3C and MTG-I2 on show at TAS cleanrooms

Three ESA-built satellites on show in France

16/04/2026 2670 views 57 likes

Salps

Antarctica’s vanishing sea ice transforms marine life

15/04/2026 1926 views 58 likes

ROSE-L radar wing deployment test

ROSE-L radar unfolds in crucial ground test

08/04/2026 1543 views 23 likes

Italy’s IRIDE space programme adds eight satellites

Eight more satellites added to IRIDE space programme

31/03/2026 1675 views 39 likes

Medicane Jolina from MSG

Getting to the core of a medicane

27/03/2026 3962 views 41 likes

MTG-I2 pushed into place for final environmental tests

Next MTG satellite passes final environmental tests

27/03/2026 552 views 19 likes

Carbon monoxide emissions over central South America, September 2024

Amazon wildfire emissions up to three times higher than est…

25/03/2026 2145 views 44 likes

Mackenzie River

Tracking Arctic freshwater flow from space

23/03/2026 1520 views 31 likes

Arctic Weather Satellite like a bird

OHB Sweden to build Sterna weather constellation

18/03/2026 2110 views 30 likes

CryoSat views a geomagnetic storm

How does an ice satellite detect a geomagnetic storm?

16/03/2026 2335 views 53 likes

HydroGNSS: Scouting for water

ESA’s HydroGNSS on track to scout for water

12/03/2026 1028 views 17 likes

Demagnetising a Hellenic Fire System satellite

Hellenic Fire System moves a step closer to launch

09/03/2026 924 views 23 likes

Altius to track ozone

Testing ozone-monitoring satellite’s solar wings

03/03/2026 1345 views 21 likes

Grounding line retreat on West Antarctica, 1992-2025

Antarctica retreat study signals future ice loss

03/03/2026 3873 views 58 likes

Timelapse: deploying MetOp-SG-B1’s solar wing

First MetOp Second Generation-B satellite spreads its wing

25/02/2026 2083 views 62 likes

Mediterranean Sea heatwaves

Revealed: 10 new insights in climate science

18/02/2026 6334 views 64 likes

Yellow River Delta, China

River deltas are sinking faster than the sea is rising

17/02/2026 2731 views 52 likes

Flooding around the Tejo River, Portugal, by Sentinel-1

Intense rainfall brings floods across Iberian Peninsula

10/02/2026 12680 views 94 likes

Changes in methane concentration 2019–2022

The curious case of why methane spiked around Covid

06/02/2026 6975 views 87 likes

Destination Earth ready for phase 3

Europe’s digital Earth gets ready to grow user community

02/02/2026 2126 views 21 likes

Tibetan Plateau vertical ground displacement

New satellite view of Tibet’s tectonic clash

30/01/2026 11666 views 76 likes

Global air humidity by MTG-Sounder

Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first…

27/01/2026 88025 views 87 likes

Map of forest carbon from ESA’s Biomass mission

ESA’s Biomass goes live with data now open to all

26/01/2026 11538 views 101 likes

Arctic Weather Satellite in action

Arctic Weather Satellite paves way for constellation

22/01/2026 3678 views 57 likes

Gas flares in Qatar imaged by Sentinel-2A

Sentinel-2 explores night vision

15/01/2026 10811 views 122 likes

Small clearing in tropical forest

Tiny patches of deforestation drive tropical carbon loss

08/01/2026 3401 views 57 likes

Ice velocity on Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland, 2014–2024

Sentinel-1's decade of essential data over shifting ice she…

07/01/2026 5481 views 40 likes

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

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

16/12/2025 3246 views 39 likes

Methane from landfill site

Satellites help tackle landfill methane leaks

15/12/2025 5923 views 67 likes

High-energy protons during solar storm over the North Pole

Swarm detects rare proton spike during solar storm

11/12/2025 9583 views 78 likes

ROSE-L set up for acoustic testing

ROSE-L given the shakes

08/12/2025 2254 views 18 likes

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

EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate models

03/12/2025 4701 views 70 likes

IRIDE’s Eaglet II satellites launched from Vandenberg

Italian mission adds to growing IRIDE space fleet

29/11/2025 2871 views 27 likes

Athens from ICEYE

High-resolution radar satellites launched for Greece

29/11/2025 11765 views 53 likes

HydroGNSS launched to ‘scout’ for water

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

28/11/2025 4344 views 45 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 3364 views 27 likes

HydroGNSS

Watch: HydroGNSS, IRIDE and Greek mission satellites launch

26/11/2025 6133 views 65 likes

Formaldehyde over Africa measured by Sentinel-5A

Sentinel-5 debuts images of atmospheric gases

26/11/2025 5848 views 57 likes

Bremen by Sentinel-1D

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

26/11/2025 27850 views 60 likes

MetOp Second Generation-B1 heads for electromagnetic compatibility tests

Next MetOp Second Generation weather satellite in the spotl…

24/11/2025 1559 views 25 likes

ESA’s Earth from Space exhibit lands in Prague

ESA’s Earth from Space exhibit lands in Prague

18/11/2025 993 views 16 likes

Climbing high to measure greenhouse gas flux

ESA investigates high-stakes Amazon tipping point

17/11/2025 3311 views 43 likes

Sentinel-6B separates from rocket

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

17/11/2025 4816 views 47 likes

Forest floor and forest canopy

Brazil gears up to harness ESA’s Biomass data

13/11/2025 4086 views 44 likes

Sentinel-6B release into orbit

Watch: Sentinel-6B launch live broadcast

13/11/2025 6350 views 47 likes

Amazon rainforest

ESA satellites track progress on Paris Agreement goals

07/11/2025 2984 views 23 likes

HydroGNSS satellite twins ready for launch

ESA’s HydroGNSS Scout satellites ready for launch

06/11/2025 2998 views 36 likes

Sentinel-1D lifts off on Ariane 6

Sentinel-1D reaches orbit on Ariane 6

04/11/2025 13003 views 46 likes

Sentinel-1D about to meet rocket

Sentinel-1D and Ariane 6 ready for liftoff

03/11/2025 6151 views 16 likes

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