Video: 00:02:51 ESA’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched on 28 November 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle. The two twin HydroGNSS satellites were carried into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base…

Through ESA Academy’s Engagement Programme, ESA Education sponsored 10 university students to participate in the International Space Education Board (ISEB) Student Programme. This event took place during the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), held in Sydney, Australia, from 29 September to 3 October 2025. The participating students gained unique insight into the space industry, while forging…

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures a spectacular geological wonder in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania: the Richat Structure.

OBSERVER: The evolution of the EU Space Networks enora@ALSOcons… Thu, 27/11/2025 – 15:32 The EU Space Networks have grown from more than a decade of EU-funded activities which explored how to bring satellite data closer to users. These early efforts evolved into the Copernicus Academy and Copernicus Relays, which would eventually grow to more than 300…

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. 

The AcubeSAT CubeSat (from the SpaceDot team, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) has successfully completed a Thermal-Vacuum (TVAC) test campaign at ESA’s CubeSat Support Facility (CSF). Conducted over two weeks, the campaign verified that their CubeSat’s payload can operate in a space-like environment and, in parallel, the team has also qualified the satellite’s On-Board Computer (OBC) and Attitude Determination & Control Subsystem (ADCS). Only minor functional adjustments will be required to close the campaign. With environmental qualification complete, SpaceDot is…

Launched just a little over three months ago, Copernicus Sentinel-5A has returned its first images – including a global map of ozone, maps of nitrogen dioxide over the Middle East and South Africa, formaldehyde over parts of Africa, and emissions of sulphur dioxide from an active volcano in Russia – showcasing the mission’s powerful capability…

The first high-resolution images have been received from Copernicus Sentinel-1D and were shared publicly for the first time at the European Space Agency’s Ministerial Council, held today in Bremen, Germany. Glaciers in Antarctica, the tip of South America, as well as the city of Bremen, are visible in these stunning radar images.

Copernicus Sentinel-1D and Sentinel-5A provide first images, marking important advances in earth and atmospheric monitoring ldhoop Wed, 26/11/2025 – 15:51 Following their successful launches in 2025, two new Copernicus satellite missions, Sentinel-1D and Sentinel-5A, have returned their first images, representing important progress in the EU’s capacity to monitor the planet’s surface and atmosphere. Sentinel-1D, launched…

Artificial Intelligence and Earth Observation: from Innovation to Services ldhoop Tue, 25/11/2025 – 14:25 Who?  The target audience for the workshop includes Copernicus and DestinE users, Earth observation and digital service providers, policy makers, industry, academia, IT experts, etc.  How?  The event is hosted by the European Commission Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG…