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  • OBSERVER: How the Space Career Launchpad helps narrow the skills gap in Europe’s space industry

    OBSERVER: How the Space Career Launchpad helps narrow the skills gap in Europe’s space industry

    OBSERVER: How the Space Career Launchpad helps narrow the skills gap in Europe’s space industry sonia Wed, 05/11/2025 – 11:52 Across Europe, the demand for space skills is rising quickly, with new projects creating opportunities which extend well beyond engineering. From climate monitoring to digital services enabled by space-based assets, space is more than ever…


  • Copernicus Sentinel-1D launch highlights

    Copernicus Sentinel-1D launch highlights

    Video: 00:01:48 The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has joined the Sentinel-1 mission in orbit. Launch took place on 4 November 2025 at 22:02 CET (18:02 local time) on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The Sentinel-1 mission delivers high-resolution radar images of Earth’s surface, performing in all weathers, day-and-night. This service…


  • Replay: Sentinel-1D launch press conference

    Replay: Sentinel-1D launch press conference

    Video: 00:30:00 The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite has joined the Sentinel-1 mission in orbit. Launch took place on 4 November 2025 at 22:02 CET (18:02 local time) on board an Ariane 6 launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The Sentinel-1 mission delivers high-resolution radar images of Earth’s surface, performing in all weathers, day-and-night. This service…


  • Sentinel-1D reaches orbit on Ariane 6

    Sentinel-1D reaches orbit on Ariane 6

    The Sentinel-1 mission – which provides radar vision for the Copernicus Earth observation programme – has a new addition to its family of satellites, with the arrival in orbit of Sentinel-1D, the last of the groundbreaking first generation. The launch took place at 22:02 CET (18:02 local time), on Tuesday, 4 November, on board an…


  • ESA and AfSA join forces for systems engineering training

    ESA and AfSA join forces for systems engineering training

    From 7 to 10 October 2025, Europe and Africa took another important step toward deepening their cooperation in space. At the ESA Education Training and Learning Facility in ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium, young engineers from across both continents came together for the Space Systems Engineering Training Course, jointly supported by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the…


  • Sentinel-1D and Ariane 6 ready for liftoff

    Sentinel-1D and Ariane 6 ready for liftoff

    The Sentinel-1D satellite is in position on the launch pad at Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana – ready for liftoff on board the Ariane 6 launcher.


  • Sentinel-1 mission… did you know?

    Sentinel-1 mission… did you know?

    The Sentinel-1D satellite is ready to launch tomorrow (Tuesday 4 November) and, when it is fully commissioned, it will work with Sentinel-1C to capture high-resolution radar images over land, ice and sea. The mission has helped to reshape our view of planet Earth in numerous ways, by contributing data to public services and scientific studies…


  • Earth from Space: Ghostly lake

    Earth from Space: Ghostly lake

    Image: To celebrate Halloween, we bring you these spooky sights of Lake Carnegie in Australia, captured from space by Copernicus Sentinel-2.


  • Sentinel-1D pre-launch media briefing

    Sentinel-1D pre-launch media briefing

    Video: 00:45:45 Follow the online briefing on the launch scheduled for 4 November 2025. The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission delivers radar images of Earth’s surface. It is vital for disaster response teams, environmental agencies, maritime authorities, climate scientists.


  • OBSERVER: With the launch of Sentinel-6B, Europe builds on its ocean monitoring legacy

    OBSERVER: With the launch of Sentinel-6B, Europe builds on its ocean monitoring legacy

    OBSERVER: With the launch of Sentinel-6B, Europe builds on its ocean monitoring legacy sonia Thu, 30/10/2025 – 09:58 As November approaches, the EU Space Programme is preparing for its next milestone in Earth Observation (EO): the launch of Copernicus Sentinel-6B, the second of two identical satellites in Europe’s sea-level monitoring mission. Set to launch from…