The first image from a new Italian Earth observation satellite mission was published today: a high-resolution image of a strip of the Italian peninsular showing the city of Rome at a resolution of 2.66 metres. This is three times higher than the resolution currently available for systematic acquisition over Italy.

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures the striking landscape surrounding the Waza National Park in Cameroon.

OBSERVER : Copernicus Marine and the UN Ocean Decade evan Thu, 27/03/2025 – 09:26 The ocean has taken centre stage across the world with the launch of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, which puts forward ten major ocean challenges. The Copernicus Marine Service’s data support scientists, policymakers, and ocean stakeholders in…

From 3–15 March 2025, 74 university students travelled to Esrange Space Center in northern Sweden to launch their experiments onboard two sounding rockets, REXUS 33 and REXUS 34, as part of the Swedish-German REXUS/BEXUS programme. The students represented eight experiment teams from universities in Germany, Romania, Hungary, and Sweden. 

Media invitation Meet the new MetOp Second Generation and Sentinel-5 missions

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.

CLMS Webinar – Exploring CLCplus Backbone FlorianZedek Wed, 19/03/2025 – 17:43 The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) will host a product webinar aimed at showcasing CLCplus Backbone as part of the CLCplus product suite. CLCplus Backbone is CLMS’ high-resolution and full-coverage land cover product of Europe.  This webinar will focus on the CLCplus Backbone products…