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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 3671 views 28 likes

HydroGNSS

Watch: HydroGNSS, IRIDE and Greek mission satellites launch

26/11/2025 6219 views 65 likes

Formaldehyde over Africa measured by Sentinel-5A

Sentinel-5 debuts images of atmospheric gases

26/11/2025 6070 views 58 likes

Bremen by Sentinel-1D

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

26/11/2025 28338 views 61 likes

MetOp Second Generation-B1 heads for electromagnetic compatibility tests

Next MetOp Second Generation weather satellite in the spotl…

24/11/2025 1620 views 26 likes

ESA’s Earth from Space exhibit lands in Prague

ESA’s Earth from Space exhibit lands in Prague

18/11/2025 1070 views 16 likes

Climbing high to measure greenhouse gas flux

ESA investigates high-stakes Amazon tipping point

17/11/2025 3471 views 44 likes

Sentinel-6B separates from rocket

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

17/11/2025 4976 views 47 likes

Forest floor and forest canopy

Brazil gears up to harness ESA’s Biomass data

13/11/2025 4349 views 44 likes

Sentinel-6B release into orbit

Watch: Sentinel-6B launch live broadcast

13/11/2025 6509 views 47 likes

Amazon rainforest

ESA satellites track progress on Paris Agreement goals

07/11/2025 3118 views 23 likes

HydroGNSS satellite twins ready for launch

ESA’s HydroGNSS Scout satellites ready for launch

06/11/2025 3068 views 36 likes

Sentinel-1D lifts off on Ariane 6

Sentinel-1D reaches orbit on Ariane 6

04/11/2025 13248 views 46 likes

Sentinel-1D about to meet rocket

Sentinel-1D and Ariane 6 ready for liftoff

03/11/2025 6240 views 16 likes

Sentinel-1C interferogram of northern Chile

Sentinel-1 mission… did you know?

03/11/2025 2619 views 35 likes

Earthquake damage

AI challenge advances satellite-based disaster mapping

29/10/2025 3005 views 34 likes

Ariane 6 fairing release revealing Sentinel-1D

Watch live: Sentinel-1D launch on Ariane 6

28/10/2025 22059 views 141 likes

FutureEO: pioneering Earth observation for a better world

FutureEO at ESA’s Ministerial Council 2025

23/10/2025 3817 views 33 likes

First image of nitrogen dioxide from Sentinel-4

Sentinel-4 offers first glimpses of air pollutants

21/10/2025 14064 views 106 likes

Sentinel-1D fuelled in Kourou

Sentinel-1D fuelled and ready for encapsulation

20/10/2025 2394 views 41 likes

South Atlantic Anomaly 2025 compared to 2014

Swarm reveals growing weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field

13/10/2025 96267 views 307 likes

Sea state

Satellites reveal the power of ocean swell

08/10/2025 7038 views 60 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-1D team in Kourou

Sentinel-1D preparations underway in Kourou

08/10/2025 2808 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 1653 views 18 likes

Sentinel-6B ready to start its launch campaign

Sea-level monitoring satellite unboxed

01/10/2025 3653 views 23 likes

HydroGNSS

HydroGNSS: ESA’s first Scout begins launch preparations

29/09/2025 2062 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 1553 views 13 likes

WIVERN

ESA selects WIVERN as 11th Earth Explorer mission

23/09/2025 9307 views 96 likes

Antarctic subglacial lake inventory

85 new subglacial lakes detected below Antarctica

19/09/2025 12201 views 91 likes

Simulations ongoing for Sentinel-1D

Enabling & Support

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

16/09/2025 1297 views 19 likes

Unloading Sentinel-1D

Sentinel-1D in French Guiana for launch campaign

11/09/2025 4863 views 35 likes

Second MTG-Imager in the thermal vacuum chamber

Second MTG-Imager satellite passes thermal vacuum test

04/09/2025 2803 views 38 likes

First glimpse of MetOp-SG-A1 Microwave Sounder data

New MetOp Second Generation weather satellite returns first…

02/09/2025 10605 views 75 likes

Soil moisture anomalies over 2024 compared to 1991–2020

ESA data records help underpin climate change report

25/08/2025 3565 views 65 likes

Iberian fires August 2025

Iberian wildfires seen from space

20/08/2025 12557 views 67 likes

Arctic Weather Satellite small but perfectly formed

ESA’s Arctic Weather Satellite adds power to forecasts

18/08/2025 5301 views 67 likes

Penguins resting on Antarctic sea ice

Tracking the climate-driven shift in Antarctic plankton fro…

13/08/2025 3644 views 60 likes

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

First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 launched

13/08/2025 9290 views 52 likes

MetOp Second Generation A-type satellite

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

06/08/2025 13837 views 83 likes

Encapsulating MetOp-SG-A1 satellite in Ariane 6 fairing

First MetOp-SG satellite sealed within Ariane 6 fairing

05/08/2025 4377 views 54 likes

Global map of vegetation optical depth, 2018

SMOS adds long-term view on carbon stored in forests

01/08/2025 3434 views 56 likes

European forests

A troubling shift in Europe’s forest carbon balance

30/07/2025 2881 views 9 likes

Harder Glacier, northern Greenland

Greenland subglacial flood bursts through ice sheet surface

30/07/2025 7260 views 42 likes

Fuelling MetOp-SG-A1

First MetOp Second Generation satellite fuelled

24/07/2025 2892 views 32 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-6B on route to launch site

Sea-level monitoring satellite Sentinel-6B sets sail

23/07/2025 3804 views 34 likes

MetOp Second Generation A-type satellite

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

23/07/2025 2214 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 2690 views 27 likes

ALTIUS satellite platform in the cleanroom

ALTIUS ozone mission’s satellite platform assembled

17/07/2025 1906 views 35 likes

Φsat-2 view of Bahia Blanca Estuary in Argentina

Φsat-2 begins science phase for AI Earth images

15/07/2025 3977 views 45 likes

Southern Ocean sea ice

Antarctic waters getting saltier as sea ice wanes

04/07/2025 5481 views 53 likes

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