ESA - Observing the Earth - Archive

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Sentinel-2C being encapsulated in the Vega fairing

Sentinel-2C sealed in the Vega rocket fairing

23/08/2024 3401 views 40 likes

Stratospheric clouds over Antarctica

EarthCARE profiles atmospheric particles in detail

21/08/2024 9041 views 79 likes

Arctic Weather Satellite and Φsat-2 lift off

New satellite demonstrates the power of AI for Earth observ…

17/08/2024 8427 views 61 likes

Liftoff for ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite and Φsat-2 satellite

Arctic Weather Satellite lifts off to set the stage for bet…

17/08/2024 6430 views 59 likes

Nitrogen dioxide plumes over Saudi Arabia

Detecting nitrogen dioxide from power plants with Sentinel-2

05/08/2024 4694 views 35 likes

Storm cloud viewed in thermal-infrared by EarthCARE

EarthCARE’s multispectral imager puts clouds into context

24/07/2024 5911 views 68 likes

InCubed2 - Innovation in Public Services with Satellite Earth Observation

ESA and UK Space Agency announce new funding call

22/07/2024 5179 views 6 likes

Sentinel-2C arrives in Kourou

Sentinel-2C arrives in French Guiana

22/07/2024 4414 views 45 likes

MTG-S1 in the anechoic chamber

Weather satellite passes bake and shake tests with flying c…

15/07/2024 3947 views 39 likes

First peak into Earth’s energy balance from EarthCARE

EarthCARE offers a sneak peek into Earth’s energy balance

05/07/2024 5045 views 40 likes

Φsat-2 ready for integration

New satellite to show how AI advances Earth observation

02/07/2024 9786 views 20 likes

Vertical distribution of cloud particle concentration

A first: EarthCARE reveals inner secrets of clouds

27/06/2024 12437 views 80 likes

Living Planet Symposium 2025

Save the date: ESA’s Living Planet Symposium 2025

24/06/2024 13590 views 97 likes

Arctic diatoms

Will climate change turn the Arctic green?

18/06/2024 3916 views 10 likes

Arctic Weather Satellite in action

Preparing ESA's Arctic Weather Satellite for liftoff

17/06/2024 4042 views 23 likes

ESA X Schiphol 'Where on Earth?' travel quiz campaign banner image

Space for a travel quiz!

12/06/2024 18107 views 37 likes

Destination Earth (DestinE), is an initiative of the European Union, that aims to develop a digital twin, or replica, of our planet.

A milestone in digital Earth modelling

10/06/2024 3168 views 18 likes

Sentinel-5 in all its glory

Air-quality mission ready to join its host weather satellite

06/06/2024 2702 views 9 likes

EarthCARE: to understand how clouds and aerosols affect Earth's radiation balance

Enabling & Support

EarthCARE on cloud nine after smooth start to mission

05/06/2024 2772 views 20 likes

Steve’s twin captured by an all-sky digital camera

Swarm helps discover Steve's long-lost twin

03/06/2024 20457 views 97 likes

Cloud and aerosol satellite launches

EarthCARE launched to study role of clouds and aerosols in …

29/05/2024 10619 views 72 likes

EarthCARE heads to launch facility

EarthCARE ready for launch

28/05/2024 2568 views 13 likes

EarthCARE on board a Falcon 9 launch vehicle

Watch EarthCARE launch live

28/05/2024 24010 views 34 likes

Vigil warns Earth

Airbus to build ESA’s Vigil space weather forecasting missi…

22/05/2024 6993 views 13 likes

Meteor seen by Meteosat Third Generation Imager

Fireball witnessed by weather satellite

22/05/2024 6027 views 27 likes

EarthCARE: to understand how clouds and aerosols affect Earth's radiation balance

EarthCARE mission kit

17/05/2024 4921 views 49 likes

Smoke from fires in Canada

Canada’s wildfire season begins

16/05/2024 3112 views 14 likes

ɸ-sat AI

AI in Earth observation: a force for good

09/05/2024 4123 views 15 likes

Mission control during EarthCARE launch preparations

Enabling & Support

Mission control ready for EarthCARE despite disruption

06/05/2024 2950 views 27 likes

Checking EarthCARE under UV light

ESA’s cloud and aerosol satellite aerosol-free

03/05/2024 1426 views 8 likes

Barcelona captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2

From space to soil

24/04/2024 3458 views 39 likes

Full Earth disc from the Meteosat Third Generation Imager

10 ways Earth is interconnected

22/04/2024 6086 views 19 likes

Earth Observation Excellence Award

Earth Observation Excellence Award 2024 winner

18/04/2024 1627 views 5 likes

Φsat-2 gets two new AI apps

Φsat-2 gets two new AI apps

18/04/2024 2896 views 17 likes

Advancing Earth science

ESA selects four new Earth Explorer mission ideas

17/04/2024 13136 views 53 likes

EarthCARE revealed

EarthCARE out of the box

16/04/2024 1996 views 18 likes

Our Ocean from Space opens in Barcelona

09/04/2024 2061 views 63 likes

All eyes on the Arctic Weather Satellite

04/04/2024 3621 views 23 likes

Accounting for vegetation in the climate puzzle

Vegetation gets a boost with data from space

27/03/2024 2883 views 25 likes

Solar flare captured by ESA’s Proba-2 SWAP

SMOS and Swarm team up to spot huge solar storm

26/03/2024 23316 views 24 likes

Building ChatGPT-style tools with Earth observation

Building ChatGPT-style tools with Earth observation

25/03/2024 4893 views 32 likes

Fixing the Arctic Weather Satellite to the shaker

Arctic Weather Satellite tested for life in orbit

14/03/2024 3572 views 23 likes

Clouds and aerosols affect Earth’s radiation balance

Joining forces on the complexities of clouds and aerosols

11/03/2024 2313 views 21 likes

Global ocean acidification stripes

Satellites increasingly critical to monitor ocean health

22/02/2024 3910 views 29 likes

ERS-2 reenters Earth’s atmosphere over Pacific Ocean

21/02/2024 33947 views 76 likes

Scout missions

NanoMagSat and Tango Scout missions get go-ahead

21/02/2024 7216 views 28 likes

ERS-2 reentering the atmosphere: 14:43 UTC, 14 January 2024

ERS-2 spotted by other satellites during descent

19/02/2024 18471 views 59 likes

Blanketed Po Valley

Air pollution fluctuations over the Po Valley

13/02/2024 15077 views 42 likes

ERS-2 in the cleanroom

Heritage ERS-2 satellite to reenter Earth’s atmosphere

05/02/2024 24551 views 58 likes

EarthCARE over Europe

ESA’s cloud mission in the limelight

01/02/2024 3710 views 30 likes

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