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Sentinel-1D in French Guiana for launch campaign
The fourth satellite for the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission, Sentinel-1D, has arrived at Félix Eboué airport, the main airport in French Guiana. From there the spacecraft, safely stored in its protective casing, will be transported to launch preparation facilities at the European Spaceport in Kourou.
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Moon Camp 2025-2026: Inspire your students to design a habitat in space
Are you looking for an engaging way to inspire your students with STEM, design, and the topic of space exploration? Join Moon Camp 2025-2026, where participants will learn how to design a habitat in space using a design tool of their choice (digital or analogue). Students will discover the essential building blocks to sustain life…
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OBSERVER: How Copernicus supports news coverage
OBSERVER: How Copernicus supports news coverage sonia Thu, 11/09/2025 – 09:24 Satellites provide a unique vantage point from above, enabling unparalleled observation of global events. Whether monitoring floods using radar data or providing insights into deforestation through optical imagery, the Copernicus Sentinel missions are instrumental in capturing the state of our planet in remarkable detail.…
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TRACE student team selected for the October 2025 Fly Your Satellite! test window
The TRACE student team from TU Darmstadt University, Germany, has been selected for the October 2025 test window of ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! Test Opportunities programme. This selection follows a call for proposals that closed in June 2025, with evaluations conducted by Fly Your Satellite! experts and operators from the CubeSat Support Facility. This marks…
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Registration is open for the 2025–2026 European Astro Pi Challenge!
The European Astro Pi Challenge is an ESA Education project run in collaboration with the Raspberry Pi Foundation and delivered nationally by the European Space Education Resource Offices (ESERO). We are delighted to announce that registration for Astro Pi Mission Zero and Mission Space Lab is now officially open for the 2025–2026 challenge.
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EIRSAT-1: One small satellite, one giant leap for Irish spaceflight!
EIRSAT-1, developed by a team of students and staff at University College Dublin through ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! programme, has made history as Ireland’s first satellite. Over more than six years of work, the mission grew from an ambitious proposal into a fully-fledged spaceflight success story – and an educational inspiration. With a long list…
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Second MTG-Imager satellite passes thermal vacuum test
The second of the Meteosat Third Generation Imagers, MTG-I2, has passed some important milestones in the cleanroom facilities at Thales Alenia Space in Cannes, southern France.
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Back to School 2025-2026: 5 projects to inspire your students
This year, take your students’ learning beyond the classroom and into space! Together with the ESERO network, ESA offers a range of interdisciplinary school-level projects designed to engage and inspire students with hands-on activities connecting space to STEM learning. Astro Pi, Moon Camp, CanSat, Climate Detectives, and Mission X launch in September 2025 and will…
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New MetOp Second Generation weather satellite returns first data
Less than three weeks since the first MetOp Second Generation weather satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, was launched, this remarkable new satellite has already started transmitting data from two of its cutting-edge instruments, offering a tantalising glimpse of what’s to come.
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A new era in Forest and Land Cover Monitoring
A new era in Forest and Land Cover Monitoring ldhoop Fri, 29/08/2025 – 15:39 The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) is delighted to invite you to an in-depth webinar on the newly launched Land Cover and Forest Monitoring (LCFM) product suite. This event will take place on 25 September 2025, offering a unique opportunity to…
