The launch campaign of the next satellite to join the Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission is progressing on schedule for launch on Tuesday, 4 November, on board an Ariane 6 rocket.

6th edition of the contest for the best satellite image of Earth sonia Fri, 17/10/2025 – 17:44 The annual international contest ‘Seize the beauty of our Planet’ recognizes the most beautiful satellite images of the Earth. This year’s theme is Cities and nature. It is the 6th time that CloudFerro, a Copernicus Ambassador, is inviting…

Image: The changing face of the Chilean glaciers in the Laguna San Rafael National Park is featured in these satellite images from 1987 and 2024.

OBSERVER: Air Quality Challenges in 2025: Europe’s Summer of Smoke, Dust and Ozone sonia Wed, 15/10/2025 – 17:05 The summer of 2025 significantly affected Europe’s atmosphere. From record-breaking wildfires in southern and western Europe, to intense Saharan dust intrusions and repeated peaks in surface ozone during prolonged heatwaves, air quality was negatively impacted by multiple…

Using 11 years of magnetic field measurements from the European Space Agency’s Swarm satellite constellation, scientists have discovered that the weak region in Earth’s magnetic field over the South Atlantic – known as the South Atlantic Anomaly – has expanded by an area nearly half the size of continental Europe since 2014.

Image: This wide view of Copernicus Sentinel-3 shows Cyclone Errol heading towards the coast of Western Australia.

Each year, aspiring rocket scientists from across Europe gather for the European Rocketry Challenge (EuRoC), the largest competition on the continent, organised by the Portuguese Space Agency. For the 6th edition, taking place from 9-15 October 2025 in Constância, Portugal, ESA Academy is delighted to introduce a new sponsorship scheme to support participating student teams.

Earth Observation partnerships in action: Europe and Southeast Asia expand geospatial services together sonia Wed, 08/10/2025 – 12:56 The D4D Hub, with support from the European Union Delegations to Indonesia, Thailand, and the Philippines, together with ESA, BRIN, GISTDA, PhilSA, and the European Space Policy Institute (ESPI), is hosting a high-level side event, on the…

During recent storms, satellites recorded ocean waves averaging nearly 20 metres high – as tall as the Arc de Triomphe in Paris and the largest ever measured from space. Moreover, satellite data now reveal that ocean swells act as storm ‘messengers’: even though a storm may never make landfall, its swell can travel vast distances…

The Copernicus Sentinel-1 mission is about to get its fourth satellite. Copernicus Sentinel-1D has now undergone the checks and functional tests prior to its integration with Ariane 6, ready for launch on Tuesday, 4 November 2025.