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ESA - Observing the Earth News

The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
ESA Observing the Earth
ESA Observing the Earth

ESA Observing the Earth

March 10th, 2025 08:26:00 EDT -0400 Biomass

Biomass

ESA's forest mission

March 25th, 2025 06:00:00 EDT -0400 Media invitation: meet the new MetOp Second Generation and Sentinel-5 missions
MetOp-SG-A1 complete

Media invitation

Meet the new MetOp Second Generation and Sentinel-5 missions

March 21st, 2025 05:00:00 EDT -0400 Earth from Space: Land of giants
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains. Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains.
March 17th, 2025 07:25:00 EDT -0400 Biomass out of the box
Biomass out of the box Image: Biomass out of the box
March 14th, 2025 05:00:00 EDT -0400 Earth from Space: Halong Bay, Vietnam
This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image showcases striking rocky formations amid the blue waters of Halong Bay in northeast Vietnam. Image: This Copernicus Sentinel-2 image showcases striking rocky formations amid the blue waters of Halong Bay in northeast Vietnam.
March 11th, 2025 04:30:00 EDT -0400 Three MetOp-SG-B weather siblings
Three MetOp-SG-B weather siblings Image: Three MetOp-SG-B weather siblings
March 10th, 2025 06:00:00 EDT -0400 ESA’s pioneering Biomass satellite arrives at launch site
Biomass heads for the launch site

Marking another step towards new insights into Earth’s forests and their role in the carbon cycle, ESA’s groundbreaking Biomass satellite has arrived at Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, to be prepared for liftoff on a Vega-C rocket at the end of April.

March 7th, 2025 04:00:00 EST -0500 Earth from Space: Tirana, Albania
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Albania’s capital Tirana and its surroundings. Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Albania’s capital Tirana and its surroundings.
March 5th, 2025 09:00:00 EST -0500 Nord Stream methane leak far bigger than estimated
Nord Stream pipe lines

The methane emitted in 2022 by the damaged Nord Stream gas pipelines was more than double the volume estimated at the time, according to a study published in Nature.

March 5th, 2025 04:42:00 EST -0500 Call for interest: Biomass launch media event at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana
Biomass in orbit

Call for interest

Biomass launch media event at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana

February 20th, 2025 08:44:00 EST -0500 Two atmospheric missions on one satellite
MTG-S and Sentinel-4 in the cleanroom in Bremen, lateral view

The second of the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellites and the first instrument for the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission are fully integrated and, having completed their functional and environmental tests, they are now ready to embark on their journey to the US for launch this summer.

February 19th, 2025 11:00:00 EST -0500 Glacier melt intensifying freshwater loss and accelerating sea-level rise
Glacier ice loss 2000–2023

Ice melting from glaciers around the world is depleting regional freshwater resources and driving global sea levels to rise at ever-faster rates.

According to new findings, through an international effort involving 35 research teams, glaciers have been losing an average of 273 billion tonnes of ice per year since the year 2000 – but hidden within this average there has been an alarming increase over the last 10 years.

February 13th, 2025 09:00:00 EST -0500 Sentinel-1C demonstrates power to map land deformation
Sentinel-1C interferogram of northern Chile

Launched just two months ago and still in the process of being commissioned for service, the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite is, remarkably, already showing how its radar data can be used to map the shape of Earth’s land surface with extreme precision.

These first cross-satellite ‘interferometry’ results assure its ability to monitor subsidence, uplift, glacier flow, and disasters such as landslides and earthquakes.

January 27th, 2025 09:51:00 EST -0500 Media invitation: cleanroom visit to MTG-S and Sentinel-4
Sentinel-4 on MTG-S

Media invitation: cleanroom visit to MTG-S and Sentinel-4

January 22nd, 2025 08:31:00 EST -0500 Media invitation: last chance to see ESA’s Biomass satellite
Biomass satellite over forest

Media invitation: last chance to see ESA’s Biomass satellite