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MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission highlights
Video: 00:03:30 Two meteorological missions – Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) and the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission – have launched on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US. Both are world-class Earth observation missions developed with European partners to address scientific and societal challenges. The MTG-S1 satellite will generate a completely new…
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The 2nd CopernicusLAC Panama Centre Hackathon
The 2nd CopernicusLAC Panama Centre Hackathon sonia Wed, 02/07/2025 – 08:38 The CopernicusLAC Panama Centre is organising the 2nd edition of its CopernicusLAC Hackathon, a regional event which empowers innovators to tackle climate-related challenges using free and open Copernicus Earth Observation data and tools. Whether you’re new to space hackathons or already a data enthusiast,…
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MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 launch to change how we see our atmosphere
The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission lifted off at 23:04 CEST on Tuesday, 1 July. The satellite is now on its way to monitor Earth’s atmosphere from an altitude of 36 000 km. From this geostationary orbit, the missions can provide game-changing data…
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MTG-S1 and Copernicus Sentinel-4 launch from Florida
Video: 00:00:57 Two meteorological missions – Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) and the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission – have launched on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral in Florida, US. Both are world-class Earth observation missions developed with European partners to address scientific and societal challenges. The MTG-S1 satellite will generate a completely new…
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Southern Europe’s land and sea sizzles
Image: A powerful heatwave has been gripping large parts of southern Europe. This image, captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission’s Sea and Land Surface Temperature Radiometer on 29 June 2025, reveals the temperature of the land surface.
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Blue North – NCP Marine
Copernicus-verkefnið Blue North fær fjármagn til að efla þekkingu á sjávargögnum tengdum Íslandi. Verkefnið “Blue North: Building Copernicus Marine Literacy in Iceland” hefur fengið fjármagn frá Mercator Ocean International til ársloka 2026 á grundvelli samstarfsáætlunar Copernicus (NCP). Að verkefninu standa Háskóli Íslands, Íslenski sjávarklasinn og Náttúrufræðistofnun. Markmið þess er að efla innlenda þekkingu á sjávargögnum,…
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MTG-S1 satellite hosting the Sentinel-4 instrument is ready for liftoff
The Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite, which is hosting the instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, has been placed inside the nose cone of the Falcon 9 launch rocket and is ready for the scheduled liftoff at 23:03 CEST on Tuesday, 1 July.
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Revisit Living Planet Symposium: watch session replays
Revisit Living Planet Symposium 2025 Watch session replays
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Living Planet Symposium highlights in pictures
ESA Living Planet Symposium concludes today, having brought together more than 6500 people across the Earth observation community. The takeaways include new connections, collaborations, not to mention the revelation of pioneering mission images. As a picture is worth a thousand words, here’s a selection that captures just a few of the many highlights.
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Living Planet Symposium Extra News: Day 5
ESA’s Living Planet Symposium came to a close today, concluding a week of networking, discussions and meeting of curious, scientific minds. Today, one of the focal points was thermal imaging instruments, which are critical for monitoring land-surface temperature – and will be carried on upcoming missions such as the upcoming Copernicus Land Surface Temperature Mission.…
