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  • EGMS Webinar: 2020 –2024 data release and new data access capabilities

    EGMS Webinar: 2020 –2024 data release and new data access capabilities

    EGMS Webinar: 2020 –2024 data release and new data access capabilities ldhoop Tue, 18/11/2025 – 16:27 On 4 December 2025, the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service will host a user webinar as part of its ongoing webinar series. This session will introduce new and old users to the 2020 – 2024 European Ground Motion Service (EGMS)…


  • Satellite data for journalists: turning Earth images into stories

    Satellite data for journalists: turning Earth images into stories

    Satellite data for journalists: turning Earth images into stories ldhoop Tue, 18/11/2025 – 16:23 This webinar shows journalists and climate reporters, at a practical level, how to use  satellites and cloud computing to collect and process images of the Earth’s surface. This technology turns satellite data into detailed maps and measurements that show how land…


  • ESA’s Earth from Space exhibit lands in Prague

    ESA’s Earth from Space exhibit lands in Prague

    The Planetarium of Prague has launched Earth from Space, an immersive exhibition by the European Space Agency (ESA), created with partners the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and Ars Electronica Solutions. The state-of-the-art interactive exhibit includes four interactive installations that aim to inspire and fuel the curiosity of future generations.


  • Watch: HydroGNSS, IRIDE and Greek mission satellites launch

    Watch: HydroGNSS, IRIDE and Greek mission satellites launch

    The European Space Agency’s HydroGNSS, a twin-satellite mission to gather data on Earth’s water cycle, is scheduled to launch on 19 November at 19:18 CET (10:18 Pacific Time). Live coverage of the launch will be shown on ESA Web TV.


  • ESA investigates high-stakes Amazon tipping point

    ESA investigates high-stakes Amazon tipping point

    For decades, the Amazon rainforest has quietly absorbed vast quantities of human-generated carbon dioxide, helping to slow the pace of climate change. Recent evidence, however, suggests that this vital natural buffer may be weakening – though uncertainties remain. To help close this critical knowledge gap, European and Brazilian researchers have gathered deep in the Amazon…


  • Sentinel-6B launch highlights

    Sentinel-6B launch highlights

    Video: 00:02:09 Copernicus Sentinel-6B was launched on 17 November 2025, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change. The satellite was carried into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US. Sentinel-6B follows in the…


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

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

    The latest guardian of our oceans has taken its place in orbit. The Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite is now circling Earth, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change.


  • Sentinel-6B is launched

    Sentinel-6B is launched

    Video: 00:01:45 Copernicus Sentinel-6B was launched on 17 November 2025, ready to continue a decades-long mission to track the height of the planet’s seas – a key measure of climate change. The satellite was carried into orbit on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, US. Sentinel-6B follows in the…


  • Sentinel-6B rolls out to the launch pad

    Sentinel-6B rolls out to the launch pad

    Image: Sentinel-6B rolls out to the launch pad


  • Earth from Space: Prague

    Earth from Space: Prague

    Image: This very high-resolution image captures the beautiful medieval core of the Czech capital, Prague.