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.

Last month, mission controllers at ESA’s mission control centre started a major simulations exercise to ensure that the next Copernicus Sentinel Earth Observation mission, Sentinel-6B, safely navigates its first days in space. As the launch is approaching, so is the end of this critical pre-launch phase.

MetOp-SG’s METimage delivers first images

SUNSHINE Webinar sonia Tue, 07/10/2025 – 13:55 SUNSHINE is an EU-funded project coordinated by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG DEFIS). It aims to strengthen disaster resilience across Europe by facilitating the uptake of EU Space Programme data and services – such as Copernicus EMS, Galileo EWSS, SSA, and GOVSATCOM –…

ESA Academy is pleased to announce the brand-new Rocketry Training Programme, designed for bachelor-level students eager to explore the fundamentals of rocketry and the wider space sector. This hands-on programme combines online theoretical training with an in-person workshop at Machrihanish Airbase (UK), where students will build and launch their own rockets.

Countdown to launch – Copernicus Sentinel-1D lifts off in November sonia Sun, 05/10/2025 – 10:57 2025 is another milestone year for the EU Space Programme. Following the successful expansion of Copernicus with the launch of Sentinel-5A and Sentinel-4A earlier in the year, on 4 November 2025, Sentinel-1D will lift off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou,…

Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image captures an active lava lake on the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island.

OBSERVER: The 9th Edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report warns that climate change, biodiversity loss, and pollution currently affect all ocean basins sonia Thu, 02/10/2025 – 14:32 This year’s edition of the Copernicus Ocean State Report (OSR 9) highlights the deep and widespread links between ongoing ocean change and changes in marine ecosystems, human…

Following its arrival in California a few weeks ago, the time has come for spacecraft engineers to ready the next sea-level monitoring satellite, Copernicus Sentinel-6B, for launch, which is slated for November. The first step has been to carefully remove this precious new satellite from its storage container and to start a series of comprehensive…