OBSERVER: Seven things we learned from the UN World Urbanization Prospects enora@ALSOcons… Wed, 03/12/2025 – 10:01 Urbanisation is reshaping the world at a pace which has surpassed earlier expectations, altering how people live and how societies plan for housing, transport, and essential services. A new analysis from the UN World Urbanization Prospects 2025, drawing on…

Image: Puttalam district in North Western Sri Lanka is currently facing severe flooding, landslides and rockfalls, caused by heavy monsoon rains across the region. Copernicus Sentinel-2 captured an image over the region yesterday, 30 November 2025, as well an image one month ago, showing the extent of flooding.

The Italian programme IRIDE, which provides public sector services based on data from its fleet of Earth observation constellations, has added eight satellites to its second constellation, Eaglet II.

Thanks to the EU-funded Recovery and Resilience Facility, and through collaboration between the Greek government, the private satellite company ICEYE and the European Space Agency (ESA), two new high-resolution radar satellites have been launched to strengthen disaster management, environmental monitoring and national security across Greece.

The European Space Agency’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched today, 28 November, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle. The two twin HydroGNSS satellites were carried into orbit at 19:44 CET aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, as part of…

Video: 01:45:00 ESA’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched on 28 November 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle. The two twin HydroGNSS satellites were carried into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base…

Video: 00:02:51 ESA’s first Scout mission, HydroGNSS, was launched on 28 November 2025, marking a significant step in advancing global understanding of water availability and the effects of climate change on Earth’s water cycle. The two twin HydroGNSS satellites were carried into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base…

Through ESA Academy’s Engagement Programme, ESA Education sponsored 10 university students to participate in the International Space Education Board (ISEB) Student Programme. This event took place during the 76th International Astronautical Congress (IAC), held in Sydney, Australia, from 29 September to 3 October 2025. The participating students gained unique insight into the space industry, while forging…

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission captures a spectacular geological wonder in the Sahara Desert of Mauritania: the Richat Structure.

OBSERVER: The evolution of the EU Space Networks enora@ALSOcons… Thu, 27/11/2025 – 15:32 The EU Space Networks have grown from more than a decade of EU-funded activities which explored how to bring satellite data closer to users. These early efforts evolved into the Copernicus Academy and Copernicus Relays, which would eventually grow to more than 300…