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Sentinel-1 captures major ice loss from Greenland glacier
Europe’s Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission has captured a dramatic change at Petermann Glacier in northwest Greenland, where a 76 sq km section of the glacier’s floating ice tongue broke away on 4 August 2026. The event marks the glacier’s largest loss of floating ice since 2012 and the most significant calving event in the Arctic since…
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Replay: MTG-I2 pre-launch media briefing
Video: 00:51:38 On Wednesday 19 August, media representatives were invited to a media briefing ahead of the launch of the next Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I2). The satellite is set to be launched on an Ariane 6 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, on 27 August. MTG-I2 is the third satellite for MTG, completing…
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Sentinel-3 provides faster data for Europe fires
Satellite data from the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission is reaching emergency services up to three times faster, enabling a quicker response to wildfires in Europe – all thanks to teams at the European Space Agency (ESA) and Eumetsat, who developed an improved strategy for transmitting data from satellites to ground stations.
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MTG-I1 captures eclipse path of totality over Europe
Video: 00:00:04 Yesterday between 20:26 and 20:34 CEST, parts of the Iberian peninsula experienced a total solar eclipse. This animation, composed of images from the Meteosat Third Generation Imager satellite (MTG-I1), caught the Moon’s dark shadow as it passed over Earth’s surface – converging with the advancing twilight shadow as dusk fell over Europe. From…
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ESA Academy students put rocketry knowledge into practice
One hundred university students, representing 25 ESA Member States, Associate Members and Canada, recently gathered at Machrihanish Airbase in the United Kingdom where they participated in the final hands-on part of ESA Academy’s Rocketry Training Programme. Tailored to first- and second-year students at the start of their studies, the Rocketry Training Programme provides a multidisciplinary…
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Nær skýjalaus sýn yfir Ísland frá Sentinel-3
Sjaldgæf, nær skýjalaus sýn yfir Ísland frá Sentinel-3 Ísland sést ekki oft alveg óhulið úr geimnum. Þann 10. ágúst 2026 véku skýin hins vegar að mestu til hliðar. Þessi glæsilega Copernicus Sentinel-3 gervitunglamynd sýnir nær skýjalaust Ísland og gefur einstaka sýn á hið fjölbreytta landslag landsins úr geimnum. Þar sem skýjahula er lítil sjást mörg…
