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  • Satellite teams wanted for Design Booster

    Satellite teams wanted for Design Booster

    Would you like the opportunity to design your own small satellite with the support of experienced space professionals? Can you imagine interacting directly with ESA experts and receiving tailored feedback to refine and strengthen your mission concept? If so, apply to the new edition of the Design Booster programme. The application deadline is 2 October…

  • Earth from Space: Algerian arid landscape

    Earth from Space: Algerian arid landscape

    Image: The sandy and rocky terrain of the Sahara desert in central Algeria is featured in these images captured by the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission.

  • Insights into Earth’s molten outer core from space

    Insights into Earth’s molten outer core from space

    The liquid iron in Earth’s outer core doesn’t always behave as expected. When it changed direction in an unexplained way, ESA satellites provided data on the direction of flow, helping scientists gain better insight into the dynamics at the centre of our planet.

  • Da Vinci team puts satellite payloads to the test

    Da Vinci team puts satellite payloads to the test

    A student-built satellite mission has taken an important step toward flight readiness. From 13 to 24 April 2026, the Da Vinci team from TU Delft, the Netherlands, has carried out a vibration environmental test campaign of its educational payloads, DICE and Bitflip, at ESA’s CubeSat Support Facility in ESA ESEC-Galaxia, Belgium. Conducted as part of ESA’s Fly Your Satellite! 4 programme, the campaign provided…

  • Greenlight for next two ESA Scout missions

    Greenlight for next two ESA Scout missions

    The European Space Agency is expanding its growing fleet of Earth-observing science Scout missions with the selection of two new satellites: Hibidis and SOVA-S. Chosen from four final competing concepts, these missions will tackle very different but equally pressing scientific questions – from biodiversity below forest canopies to the effects of atmospheric gravity waves high…

  • Join Plato’s Find-a-New-Earth Art Challenge

    Join Plato’s Find-a-New-Earth Art Challenge

    Join Plato’s Find-a-New-Earth Art Challenge Join Plato’s Find-a-New-Earth Art Challenge

  • Sentinel 2A extended until end of 2026

    Sentinel 2A extended until end of 2026

    Framlenging Sentinel-2A leiðir til tíðari athugana yfir Íslandi Sentinel-2A-gervihnötturinn, elsti gervihnötturinn í Sentinel-2-stjörnumerkinu, mun halda áfram starfsemi til loka árs 2026. Þessi framlenging þýðir að Sentinel-2A mun starfa samhliða Sentinel-2B og Sentinel-2C og mynda þannig þriggja gervihnatta kerfi í stað hins hefðbundna tveggja gervihnatta kerfis. Fyrir Ísland þýðir þetta fleiri tækifæri til athugana, styttri endurkomutíma…

  • Earth from Space: Quito’s volcanic landscape

    Earth from Space: Quito’s volcanic landscape

    Image: This image, captured by Copernicus Sentinel-2, gives us a glimpse of Ecuador’s capital, Quito, sprawling for 40 km along this high-altitude valley in the Andes.

  • Earth observation data for the policymaking of tomorrow

    Earth observation data for the policymaking of tomorrow

    How can Earth observation data play a more central role in guiding future decisions on the environment? This was one of the questions asked at an ESA-hosted event that brought together leaders from Earth observation science with the global statistics community.

  • Earth from Space: Greenland’s changing ice

    Earth from Space: Greenland’s changing ice

    Image: Part of the rugged and deeply indented coast of northeastern Greenland is featured in this radar image captured by Copernicus Sentinel-1.