Today, at the Living Planet Symposium, ESA revealed the first stunning images from its groundbreaking Biomass satellite mission – marking a major leap forward in our ability to understand how Earth’s forests are changing and exactly how they contribute to the global carbon cycle. But these inaugural glimpses go beyond forests. Remarkably, the satellite is…

Image: A close-up view of Vienna, Austria’s capital city, is featured in this image from April 2025.

OBSERVER: Introducing Copernicus Land’s new Croplands product suite evan Thu, 19/06/2025 – 14:15 Agricultural land covers roughly a third of Europe, and as demand grows for detailed information on how that land is used, the Copernicus Land Monitoring Service has introduced HRL Croplands. This new addition to the High Resolution Layers product portfolio provides consistent,…

Europe will soon be taking another leap forward in its weather forecasting capacity as the first MetOp Second Generation, MetOp-SG-A1, satellite arrives safely at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, marking a pivotal moment on the road to launch. This new polar-orbiting weather satellite also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-5 instrument to deliver daily global data on…

One of the biggest Earth observation conferences in the world will take place next week in Vienna. You can watch streamed plenary discussions and presentations each day on ESA Web TV.

OBSERVER: Copernicus EMS Rapid Mapping for rapid relief evan Tue, 17/06/2025 – 13:03 When Myanmar was hit by a strong earthquake, DG ECHO’s European Emergency Response Coordination Centre (ERCC) turned to the Copernicus Emergency Management Service (CEMS) for the rapid mapping and situational awareness to deliver support where it was needed most. In this Observer,…

Media invitation: MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 pre-launch briefings