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FLEX and Sentinel-3 head to launch site

FLEX and Sentinel-3C arrive at Europe’s Spaceport

16/07/2026 1351 views 36 likes

MTG-Sounder satellite over the equator

MTG-S1 commissioned and in position for weather forecasting

15/07/2026 1155 views 37 likes

Interferograms of Scar Inlet Ice Shelf in 1995 compared to 2026

Satellites in tandem reveal 30 years of Antarctic ice flow

09/07/2026 1992 views 55 likes

Radar vision

Time to say goodbye to Sentinel-1A

30/06/2026 7005 views 71 likes

CO2M spectrometers in the cleanroom

Carbon dioxide monitoring satellite’s instrument passes vac…

17/06/2026 865 views 23 likes

El Niño 2026 begins

Pacific warming signals El Niño has stirred

15/06/2026 11724 views 56 likes

Sentinel-1 Next Generation

ESA awards contract to build Sentinel-1 Next Generation sat…

10/06/2026 2755 views 30 likes

Atmospheric nitrogen dioxide concentrations in 2024

Cleaner air and prosperity can go hand in hand

09/06/2026 4515 views 58 likes

Tessera offers high-accuracy datasets that encode what the satellite ‘sees’ of Earth’s surface

Tessera AI model offers accessible way to view Earth

04/06/2026 6748 views 57 likes

Screen capture of the SatAlert service from GeoVille

Connecting critical space data to emergency response

13/05/2026 1005 views 24 likes

Airship over Sodankylä

Putting the ‘super’ into a supersite for Earth observation

06/05/2026 2485 views 59 likes

The Sentinel-1 mission

Sentinel-1D goes live: a milestone for Europe’s radar missi…

01/05/2026 5668 views 68 likes

Not your normal commute

Braving the Arctic for upcoming polar-focused satellites

24/04/2026 2702 views 54 likes

Desert locust

Turning data from space into action for Earth

22/04/2026 2659 views 33 likes

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

Three ESA-built satellites on show in France

16/04/2026 3955 views 59 likes

ROSE-L radar wing deployment test

ROSE-L radar unfolds in crucial ground test

08/04/2026 1946 views 25 likes

Carbon monoxide emissions over central South America, September 2024

Amazon wildfire emissions up to three times higher than est…

25/03/2026 2839 views 49 likes

Grounding line retreat on West Antarctica, 1992-2025

Antarctica retreat study signals future ice loss

03/03/2026 4702 views 59 likes

Yellow River Delta, China

River deltas are sinking faster than the sea is rising

17/02/2026 3163 views 53 likes

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

Intense rainfall brings floods across Iberian Peninsula

10/02/2026 13783 views 95 likes

Tibetan Plateau vertical ground displacement

New satellite view of Tibet’s tectonic clash

30/01/2026 12501 views 80 likes

Gas flares in Qatar imaged by Sentinel-2A

Sentinel-2 explores night vision

15/01/2026 12003 views 126 likes

Ice velocity on Jakobshavn Glacier in Greenland, 2014–2024

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

07/01/2026 6147 views 41 likes

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

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

16/12/2025 3499 views 40 likes

ROSE-L set up for acoustic testing

ROSE-L given the shakes

08/12/2025 2557 views 18 likes

Formaldehyde over Africa measured by Sentinel-5A

Sentinel-5 debuts images of atmospheric gases

26/11/2025 6241 views 58 likes

Bremen by Sentinel-1D

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

26/11/2025 28735 views 61 likes

Sentinel-6B separates from rocket

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

17/11/2025 5099 views 47 likes

Sentinel-6B release into orbit

Watch: Sentinel-6B launch live broadcast

13/11/2025 6625 views 47 likes

Amazon rainforest

ESA satellites track progress on Paris Agreement goals

07/11/2025 3190 views 23 likes

Sentinel-1D lifts off on Ariane 6

Sentinel-1D reaches orbit on Ariane 6

04/11/2025 13388 views 47 likes

Sentinel-1D about to meet rocket

Sentinel-1D and Ariane 6 ready for liftoff

03/11/2025 6325 views 16 likes

Sentinel-1C interferogram of northern Chile

Sentinel-1 mission… did you know?

03/11/2025 2718 views 36 likes

Ariane 6 fairing release revealing Sentinel-1D

Watch live: Sentinel-1D launch on Ariane 6

28/10/2025 22232 views 141 likes

First image of nitrogen dioxide from Sentinel-4

Sentinel-4 offers first glimpses of air pollutants

21/10/2025 14280 views 107 likes

Sentinel-1D fuelled in Kourou

Sentinel-1D fuelled and ready for encapsulation

20/10/2025 2467 views 41 likes

Sea state

Satellites reveal the power of ocean swell

08/10/2025 7398 views 60 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-1D team in Kourou

Sentinel-1D preparations underway in Kourou

08/10/2025 2884 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 1696 views 18 likes

Sentinel-6B ready to start its launch campaign

Sea-level monitoring satellite unboxed

01/10/2025 3701 views 23 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 1648 views 14 likes

Simulations ongoing for Sentinel-1D

Enabling & Support

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

16/09/2025 1337 views 19 likes

Unloading Sentinel-1D

Sentinel-1D in French Guiana for launch campaign

11/09/2025 4920 views 35 likes

Iberian fires August 2025

Iberian wildfires seen from space

20/08/2025 13115 views 67 likes

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

First MetOp-SG and Sentinel-5 launched

13/08/2025 9378 views 52 likes

MetOp Second Generation A-type satellite

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

06/08/2025 13930 views 83 likes

Encapsulating MetOp-SG-A1 satellite in Ariane 6 fairing

First MetOp-SG satellite sealed within Ariane 6 fairing

05/08/2025 4429 views 54 likes

Harder Glacier, northern Greenland

Greenland subglacial flood bursts through ice sheet surface

30/07/2025 7541 views 43 likes

Fuelling MetOp-SG-A1

First MetOp Second Generation satellite fuelled

24/07/2025 2935 views 32 likes

Copernicus Sentinel-6B on route to launch site

Sea-level monitoring satellite Sentinel-6B sets sail

23/07/2025 3867 views 34 likes

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