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Just a week after its launch, ESA’s Biomass 12-metre-diameter antenna is now fully deployed.

Forest satellite’s big antenna opens up

07/05/2025 19215 views 146 likes

Above-ground biomass 2022

ESA unveils longest-ever dataset on forest biomass

02/05/2025 15867 views 60 likes

Biomass takes to the skies

Biomass launched to count forest carbon

29/04/2025 18535 views 136 likes

Biomass ready for liftoff

Biomass poised for liftoff to unveil forest secrets

28/04/2025 3261 views 28 likes

Measuring the diameter of a tree in forest close to Nova Xavantina, Mato Grosso, Brazil

A new space age for forests – but groundwork still matters

24/04/2025 2788 views 36 likes

Vega-C fairing release revealing Biomass

Watch Biomass launch live

24/04/2025 22520 views 66 likes

Sentinel-1 interferogram of Myanmar earthquake

Sentinel-1 captures ground shift from Myanmar earthquake

24/04/2025 8492 views 59 likes

Simulations ongoing for Biomass launch

Enabling & Support

Final preparations for Biomass operations

23/04/2025 1862 views 18 likes

ESA Ocean Training Course sets sail

Next-generation scientists set sail to harness space for oc…

22/04/2025 14243 views 39 likes

TerraMind-generated scene over Boston

ESA and IBM collaborate on TerraMind

22/04/2025 6639 views 33 likes

Global sea surface temperature

Sea surface warming faster than expected

17/04/2025 7628 views 62 likes

Living Planet Symposium 2025

Register now for ESA’s Living Planet Symposium in Vienna

17/04/2025 3689 views 22 likes

Sealing Biomass within the Vega-C fairing

Forest mission sealed within rocket fairing for liftoff

16/04/2025 3581 views 67 likes

Protecting areas of the Atlantic Ocean from human activity

Protecting ocean biodiversity with satellite data

15/04/2025 2229 views 31 likes

Preparing Biomass for fuelling

Biomass fully loaded

10/04/2025 3109 views 37 likes

MetOp-SG-A1 in the cleanroom

Weather, climate and air quality missions on display

08/04/2025 2707 views 44 likes

Earth Observation Excellence Award 2025

Earth Observation Excellence Award 2025 winners

03/04/2025 2776 views 13 likes

Thwaites Glacier from Sentinel-1

How hidden lakes threaten Antarctic Ice Sheet stability

03/04/2025 2517 views 13 likes

Arctic Weather Satellite introduces a new channel

ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite hailed as excellent

31/03/2025 5442 views 86 likes

IRIDE first image over Rome

IRIDE first image presented at ESA–ESRIN

28/03/2025 31118 views 64 likes

Biomass heads for the launch site

ESA’s pioneering Biomass satellite arrives at launch site

10/03/2025 4735 views 54 likes

Nord Stream pipe lines

Nord Stream methane leak far bigger than estimated

05/03/2025 7291 views 46 likes

MTG-S and Sentinel-4 in the cleanroom in Bremen, lateral view

Two atmospheric missions on one satellite

20/02/2025 2470 views 31 likes

Glacier ice loss 2000–2023

Glacier melt intensifying freshwater loss and accelerating …

19/02/2025 12429 views 65 likes

Sentinel-1C interferogram of northern Chile

Sentinel-1C demonstrates power to map land deformation

13/02/2025 9456 views 107 likes

Biomass standing proud

Forest mission on show

11/02/2025 5551 views 61 likes

Sodankylä, Finnish Lapland

ESA and Finland pave the way towards a supersite for Earth …

04/02/2025 4813 views 63 likes

Top 10 persistent methane sources

03/02/2025 9337 views 78 likes

19 New signatures for Copernicus Contributing Missions, Brussels

19 New Space signatures for Copernicus Contributing Missions

28/01/2025 3532 views 22 likes

Copernicus Carbon Dioxide Monitoring mission

Europe’s carbon dioxide monitoring mission elevated to the …

28/01/2025 3061 views 15 likes

The Sentinel-1 mission

Ariane 6 to take Sentinel-1D into orbit

28/01/2025 5336 views 31 likes

MetOp Second Generation

First MetOp Second Generation satellite to launch in August

28/01/2025 5343 views 43 likes

Fires threaten topical forest biome

Smouldering woody debris fuels air pollution over the Amazon

27/01/2025 2149 views 28 likes

Swarm detects tidal signatures of our oceans

22/01/2025 3910 views 68 likes

EarthCARE for a better understanding of Earth's radiation balance

EarthCARE goes live with data now available to all

16/01/2025 8070 views 76 likes

InCubed key visual

InCubed launches highlight ESA’s support for innovation

15/01/2025 2222 views 35 likes

IRIDE

IRIDE pathfinder satellite has launched

15/01/2025 4171 views 47 likes

Autumn equinox

Top Earth observation stories of 2024

23/12/2024 3756 views 19 likes

Jakobshavn Glacier, Greenland

ESA and NASA deliver first joint picture of Greenland Ice S…

20/12/2024 22008 views 59 likes

FORUM

ESA signs launch contract for climate mission FORUM with Av…

18/12/2024 1751 views 21 likes

Stratospheric balloon furthers CAIRT

High-altitude balloon ride offers new perspective for CAIRT

12/12/2024 2071 views 33 likes

Generating 3D cloud maps

AI-powered satellite data reveals clouds in 3D

11/12/2024 4984 views 61 likes

The Netherlands from Sentinel-1C

Sentinel-1C captures first radar images

10/12/2024 27509 views 157 likes

Methane concentrations near Cheltenham

UK methane leak spotted using satellites

09/12/2024 10935 views 56 likes

Vega-C lifts off with Sentinel-1C

Double win for Europe: Sentinel-1C and Vega-C take to the s…

06/12/2024 12684 views 68 likes

A Journey to Liverpool

ESA teams up with Massive Attack to boost climate action

02/12/2024 2745 views 24 likes

Artist's impression of Copernicus Sentinel-1C in its Vega-C launcher

Watch live: Vega-C to launch Sentinel-1C

29/11/2024 30564 views 47 likes

EarthCARE data and validation flight tracks

Taking to the skies for EarthCARE

28/11/2024 2500 views 25 likes

NanoMagSat patch

ESA awards development contract for NanoMagSat

27/11/2024 2787 views 31 likes

Sentinel-1C ready for encapsulation in Vega-C's fairing

10 ways Sentinel-1 data lets us ‘see’ our world

27/11/2024 4617 views 41 likes

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