The next sea-level monitoring satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-6B, has begun its journey from Europe to the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, where it is scheduled to launch in November. Carefully packed into a climate-controlled container, the satellite is currently crossing the Atlantic Ocean aboard the cargo ship Industrial Dolphin.

With launch slated for August, the first MetOp Second Generation satellite, MetOp-SG-A1, which also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission, is currently undergoing final preparations for liftoff aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. A pre-launch press briefing will be held on Monday, 28 July at 14:00 CEST, and will be streamed…

The Meteosat Third Generation sounder satellite, hosting the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, has reached its orbit and has been placed under the control of Eumetsat. It is now ready to start commissioning before beginning operations to monitor Earth’s atmosphere from a distance of 36 000 km.

Europe’s first step towards monitoring human-caused emissions ldhoop Fri, 18/07/2025 – 11:48 MicroCarb is a polar-orbiting satellite developed by CNES that will fly at around 650 km above Earth. Equipped with an infrared spectrometer, MicroCarb will analyse sunlight reflected from the Earth to measure oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations at four specific wavelengths, allowing measurements…

Europe’s first step towards monitoring human-caused emissions ldhoop Fri, 18/07/2025 – 11:48 MicroCarb is a polar-orbiting satellite developed by CNES that will fly at around 650 km above Earth. Equipped with an infrared spectrometer, MicroCarb will analyse sunlight reflected from the Earth to measure oxygen and carbon dioxide concentrations at four specific wavelengths, allowing measurements…

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Image: This image from Copernicus Sentinel-1 shows circular agricultural structures near Tabarjal, in the barren desert of northern Saudi Arabia.

OBSERVER: Copernicus Sentinel-5A to strengthen Europe’s eyes on the atmosphere evan Thu, 17/07/2025 – 13:43 2025 is shaping up to be a landmark year for the EU Space Programme, with several satellite launches expanding the capabilities of Copernicus and the other EU space components. Among them is the Sentinel-5A instrument, scheduled for launch in August…

OBSERVER: Copernicus Sentinel-5A to strengthen Europe’s eyes on the atmosphere evan Thu, 17/07/2025 – 13:43 2025 is shaping up to be a landmark year for the EU Space Programme, with several satellite launches expanding the capabilities of Copernicus and the other EU space components. Among them is the Sentinel-5A instrument, scheduled for launch in August…