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Tall ship brings ESA ocean science training to Nice
After an extraordinary six-week voyage from northern Norway, the iconic Norwegian tall ship Statsraad Lehmkuhl has docked in Nice, France, concluding ESA’s 2025 Advanced Ocean Training course. Braving everything from wild storms to calm near-freezing seas, students aboard mastered techniques for collecting ocean measurements and harnessed satellite data to unlock insights into our blue planet.…
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A breath of fresh data: Sentinel-4 innovates for clean air
From its vantage point outside Earth’s atmosphere, more than 36 000 km above Earth’s surface, the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission will detect major air pollutants over Europe in unprecedented detail. It will observe how they vary on an hourly basis – a real breakthrough for air quality forecasting.
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Mount Etna erupts
Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission has captured a dramatic image of Mount Etna erupting on 2 June 2025 when a massive plume of ash, gas and rock suddenly burst from Europe’s largest active volcano.
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COPINE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY “Beat Plastic Pollution”
COPINE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY “Beat Plastic Pollution” sonia Tue, 03/06/2025 – 12:56 COPINE WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAYThursday, June 5 · 10:00 – 11:00amTime zone: Africa/LagosGoogle Meet joining infoVideo call link: https://meet.google.com/ppa-cwfd-rnb The Advanced Space Technology Application Laboratory, (COPINE), South-west, Nigeria, in partnership with the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP) and European Union Space Networks wishes to extend…
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OBSERVER: Celebrating 10 years of the Copernicus Marine Service
OBSERVER: Celebrating 10 years of the Copernicus Marine Service evan Fri, 30/05/2025 – 10:41 The Copernicus Marine Service, implemented by Mercator Ocean International on behalf of the European Commission, is the marine service of the Copernicus Earth Observation component of the European Union Space Programme. Launched in 2014 and fully operational since 2015, it provides…
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Earth from Space: Cloud-free Iceland
Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission shows us a rare, cloud-free view of Iceland captured on 17 May 2025.
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5 things we learned in EarthCARE’s impressive first year
5 things we learned in EarthCARE’s impressive first year
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Introduction to the Imperviousness products
Introduction to the Imperviousness products ldhoop Wed, 28/05/2025 – 17:00 On 18 June 2025, the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service will host a user webinar as part of its ongoing webinar series. This session will spotlight the High Resolution Layer (HRL) Imperviousness product suite. The HRL Imperviousness includes two products: the Imperviousness Density and the Impervious…
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MTG-S and Sentinel-4 undergo pre-launch manoeuvres
Image: Following the arrival at Cape Canaveral in Florida, US, the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder satellite and the Copernicus Sentinel-4 instrument on board are currently being tested and prepared for launch, scheduled in July 2025.
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ESA and UN harness space data for sustainable development
ESA and UN harness space data for sustainable development
