The European Space Agency has signed a letter of intent with Norway to advance the prospect of a new ESA Arctic Space Centre to be hosted in Tromsø. 

The AcubeSAT CubeSat (from the SpaceDot team, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) has successfully completed a Thermal-Vacuum (TVAC) test campaign at ESA’s CubeSat Support Facility (CSF). Conducted over two weeks, the campaign verified that their CubeSat’s payload can operate in a space-like environment and, in parallel, the team has also qualified the satellite’s On-Board Computer (OBC) and Attitude Determination & Control Subsystem (ADCS). Only minor functional adjustments will be required to close the campaign. With environmental qualification complete, SpaceDot is…

Launched just a little over three months ago, Copernicus Sentinel-5A has returned its first images – including a global map of ozone, maps of nitrogen dioxide over the Middle East and South Africa, formaldehyde over parts of Africa, and emissions of sulphur dioxide from an active volcano in Russia – showcasing the mission’s powerful capability…

The first high-resolution images have been received from Copernicus Sentinel-1D and were shared publicly for the first time at the European Space Agency’s Ministerial Council, held today in Bremen, Germany. Glaciers in Antarctica, the tip of South America, as well as the city of Bremen, are visible in these stunning radar images.

Copernicus Sentinel-1D and Sentinel-5A provide first images, marking important advances in earth and atmospheric monitoring ldhoop Wed, 26/11/2025 – 15:51 Following their successful launches in 2025, two new Copernicus satellite missions, Sentinel-1D and Sentinel-5A, have returned their first images, representing important progress in the EU’s capacity to monitor the planet’s surface and atmosphere. Sentinel-1D, launched…

Artificial Intelligence and Earth Observation: from Innovation to Services ldhoop Tue, 25/11/2025 – 14:25 Who?  The target audience for the workshop includes Copernicus and DestinE users, Earth observation and digital service providers, policy makers, industry, academia, IT experts, etc.  How?  The event is hosted by the European Commission Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG…

Image: The Hayli Gubbi volcano in northeast Ethiopia, dormant for up to 12 000 years, erupted on 23 November 2025, sending a large plume of ash and sulphur dioxide into the atmosphere. Copernicus Sentinel-5P captured the spread of the sulphur dioxide.

The MetOp Second Generation-B1 satellite has entered its third and most delicate round of pre-launch testing, marking another step towards strengthening Europe’s weather forecasting capabilities. Engineers are now putting the satellite through rigorous electromagnetic compatibility tests to ensure that its many electronic systems can operate without interfering with one another once this new weather satellite…

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over one of Earth’s most extreme environments: the Danakil Depression in Ethiopia.