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Sea state

Satellites reveal the power of ocean swell

08/10/2025 6449 views 58 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-1D team in Kourou

Sentinel-1D preparations underway in Kourou

08/10/2025 2671 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 1595 views 18 likes

Sentinel-6B ready to start its launch campaign

Sea-level monitoring satellite unboxed

01/10/2025 3529 views 23 likes

HydroGNSS

HydroGNSS: ESA’s first Scout begins launch preparations

29/09/2025 1935 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 1353 views 12 likes

WIVERN

ESA selects WIVERN as 11th Earth Explorer mission

23/09/2025 8327 views 92 likes

Antarctic subglacial lake inventory

85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica

19/09/2025 11039 views 90 likes

Simulations ongoing for Sentinel-1D

Enabling & Support

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

16/09/2025 1237 views 19 likes

Unloading Sentinel-1D

Sentinel-1D in French Guiana for launch campaign

11/09/2025 4756 views 35 likes

Second MTG-Imager in the thermal vacuum chamber

Second MTG-Imager satellite passes thermal vacuum test

04/09/2025 2575 views 38 likes

First glimpse of MetOp-SG-A1 Microwave Sounder data

New MetOp Second Generation weather satellite returns first…

02/09/2025 10425 views 74 likes

Soil moisture anomalies over 2024 compared to 1991–2020

ESA data records help underpin climate change report

25/08/2025 3420 views 65 likes

Iberian fires August 2025

Iberian wildfires seen from space

20/08/2025 11991 views 66 likes

Arctic Weather Satellite small but perfectly formed

ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite adds power to forecasts

18/08/2025 4923 views 67 likes

Penguins resting on Antarctic sea ice

Tracking the climate-driven shift in Antarctic plankton fro…

13/08/2025 3413 views 58 likes

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

First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 launched

13/08/2025 9092 views 51 likes

MetOp Second Generation A-type satellite

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

06/08/2025 13580 views 83 likes

Encapsulating MetOp-SG-A1 satellite in Ariane 6 fairing

First MetOp-SG satellite sealed within Ariane 6 fairing

05/08/2025 4283 views 54 likes

Global map of vegetation optical depth, 2018

SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests

01/08/2025 3243 views 55 likes

European forests

A troubling shift in Europe’s forest carbon balance

30/07/2025 2448 views 9 likes

Harder Glacier, northern Greenland

Greenland subglacial flood bursts through ice sheet surface

30/07/2025 6621 views 42 likes

Fuelling MetOp-SG-A1

First MetOp Second Generation satellite fuelled

24/07/2025 2809 views 32 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-6B on route to launch site

Sea-level monitoring satellite Sentinel-6B sets sail

23/07/2025 3682 views 34 likes

MetOp Second Generation A-type satellite

Watch: MetOp-SG-A1 and Sentinel-5 media briefing

23/07/2025 2137 views 39 likes

Teamwork for LEOP at Fucino for Meteosat Third Generation sounder satellite

Another milestone for the future of European weather observ…

21/07/2025 2621 views 27 likes

ALTIUS satellite platform in the cleanroom

ALTIUS ozone mission’s satellite platform assembled

17/07/2025 1785 views 35 likes

Φsat-2 view of Bahia Blanca Estuary in Argentina

Φsat-2 begins science phase for AI Earth images

15/07/2025 3692 views 45 likes

Southern Ocean sea ice

Antarctic waters getting saltier as sea ice wanes

04/07/2025 5143 views 53 likes

MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 take to the skies

MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch to change how we see our atmos…

02/07/2025 6733 views 38 likes

MTG-S1 hosting Sentinel-4 encapsulation family photo

MTG-S1 satellite hosting the Sentinel-4 instrument is ready…

30/06/2025 3813 views 45 likes

Arriving at Living Planet Symposium

Living Planet Symposium highlights in pictures

27/06/2025 3597 views 18 likes

Land-surface temperature in Nevada and California

Living Planet Symposium Extra News: Day 5

27/06/2025 1554 views 17 likes

Atmospheric hot flush during a solar storm

Swarm in tune with atmospheric hot flushes

27/06/2025 1205 views 35 likes

Harmonising ERS scatterometer data

Living Planet Symposium Extra News: Day 4

26/06/2025 1410 views 12 likes

The global ocean conveyor belt

New ESA gravity mission to detect weakening ocean conveyor

26/06/2025 5897 views 47 likes

Artist's impression of MTG-S1 with Copernicus Sentinel-4 inside Falcon 9 launcher

Watch MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch live

26/06/2025 15032 views 115 likes

Fire driving deforestation

Satellite records expose fire driving Gran Chaco transforma…

26/06/2025 2816 views 37 likes

ESA–JAXA Framework Agreement signature

Living Planet Symposium Extras News: Day 3

25/06/2025 1322 views 11 likes

Flash flood modelling in Bangladesh

Satellite data streamlines global development finance

25/06/2025 866 views 13 likes

Ocean acidification is detrimental to coral reefs

High-resolution mapping reveals ocean carbon sink detail

25/06/2025 1765 views 28 likes

Majuro, Marshal Islands, is at risk from sea-level rise

First sea-level records for coastal community protection

25/06/2025 2073 views 38 likes

Wetlands in Zimbabwe

Living Planet Symposium Extra News: Day 2

24/06/2025 1162 views 21 likes

Volcanic eruption Iceland

North Atlantic’s volcanic secrets – it’s about being thin

24/06/2025 2423 views 48 likes

Trends in Arctic sea ice thickness from 2011–2025

Sea ice lows high on the agenda

24/06/2025 2063 views 22 likes

Italy's IRIDE HEO constellation launched

Italy's IRIDE programme marks major step with first satelli…

24/06/2025 5227 views 23 likes

TRUTHS ground segment contract signature

Living Planet Symposium Extra News: Day 1

23/06/2025 1552 views 13 likes

Living Planet Symposium opens in Vienna

Living Planet Symposium opens in Vienna

23/06/2025 1554 views 12 likes

Bolivian forest and landscape from Biomass

Biomass satellite returns striking first images of forests …

23/06/2025 44816 views 143 likes

MetOp-SG-A1 out of its shipping container and standing proud

First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 arrive at launch site

19/06/2025 2022 views 29 likes

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