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EarthCARE improves estimates of how clouds influence Earth’s energy balance
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EarthCARE lifts the clouds on climate models

03/12/2025 1256 views 36 likes
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Flooding in Sri Lanka

01/12/2025 7272 views 73 likes
Puttalam district in North Western Sri Lanka is currently facing severe flooding, landslides and rockfalls, caused by heavy monsoon rains across the region. Copernicus Sentinel-2 captured an image over the region yesterday, 30 November 2025, as well an image one month ago, showing the extent of flooding.
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IRIDE’s Eaglet II satellites launched from Vandenberg
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Italian mission adds to growing IRIDE space fleet

29/11/2025 1402 views 21 likes
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Athens from ICEYE
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High-resolution radar satellites launched for Greece

29/11/2025 9523 views 45 likes
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HydroGNSS launched to ‘scout’ for water
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ESA’s HydroGNSS mission launched to ‘scout’ for water

28/11/2025 2979 views 39 likes
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Replay: HydroGNSS launch coverage

28/11/2025 196 views 9 likes
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HydroGNSS launch highlights

28/11/2025 773 views 23 likes
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ESA’s HydroGNSS mission lifts off

28/11/2025 467 views 22 likes
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Earth from Space: Eye of the Sahara

28/11/2025 24616 views 159 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures a spectacular geological wonder in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania: the Richat Structure.
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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.
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ESA and Norway explore possibility of Arctic Space Centre

27/11/2025 2060 views 23 likes
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Ethiopian volcanic plume

25/11/2025 4520 views 75 likes
The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northeast Ethiopia, dormant for up to 12 000 years, erupted on 23 November 2025, sending a large plume of ash and sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere. Copernicus Sentinel-5P captured the spread of the sulphur dioxide.
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Earth from Space: The Danakil Depression

21/11/2025 4026 views 53 likes
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of Earth’s most extreme environments: the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia.
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Data from Copernicus Sentinel-6 critical for low-lying countries
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Eumetsat takes control of Sentinel-6B

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Sentinel-6B launch highlights

17/11/2025 1205 views 43 likes
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Sentinel-6B is launched

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    The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of Earth’s most extreme environments: the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia.

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