Image: These images by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission, captured on 26 July, show the area to the west of Bordeaux, France, where wildfires continue to burn countryside, fanned by wind and heatwave conditions.

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Australia’s southwestern corner in the Goldfields–Esperance region of Western Australia.

More analysis is needed to ensure that tropical forest degeneration and regeneration are consistently reported in carbon cycle models and in national reporting, according to a study funded in part by ESA’s Climate Change Initiative Biomass project. The study analysed how tropical forests store carbon under varying conditions and then release it back into the atmosphere.…

Image: The FLEX satellite, ESA’s next Earth Explorer mission, has been removed from its container packaging at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, where it will be prepared for its upcoming launch.

In September, ESA’s school projects are back for another exciting school year. Mark the dates in your diary and start planning for engaging, interdisciplinary ways to bring space into the classroom while helping students develop a broad range of STEM skills and competences.

Image: The next satellite in the EU’s Copernicus Earth observation satellite system, Sentinel-3C, has been unpacked from its container at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana.

Press Release N° 35–2026 Media representatives are invited to express their interest in attending the media programme at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana for the launch of the FLEX and Copernicus Sentinel-3C satellites on a Vega-C rocket (flight VV30). Liftoff is expected to take place in September.

Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image features part of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau in western Africa.

Image: The MTG-I2 satellite has undergone a ‘fit check’ with its launch vehicle adapter to ensure that everything fits correctly before the actual launch