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Airbus Defence and Space to Build Biomass – the European Space Agency’s Forest Mission
1st P-band radar in space will measure the amount of biomass and carbon locked in the world’s forests and how this changes over time Biomass satellite will provide support to
The First Images of Sentinel-1B
Launched on 25 April from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, Sentinel-1B has produced its first images only two hours after the radar was switched on – a record time for
Sentinel-1B – Second Eye of the Earth Guardian in Orbit
Dual launch for European environmental satellite and MicroSCOPE small satellite mission Two eyes are better than one; this principle is also true for the two radar satellites that make up
USGS Partners with European Space Agency to Deliver Copernicus Earth Data
The U.S. Geological Survey and the European Space Agency (ESA) have established an innovative partnership to enable USGS storage and redistribution of Earth observation data acquired by Copernicus program satellites.
Next Stop, the Red Planet – ExoMars 2016 Launched to Search for Traces of Life
On 14 March 2016 at 10:31 CET, the ExoMars 2016 mission of the European Space Agency, ESA, and the Russian Federal Space Agency, Roscosmos, lifted off from the Russian Cosmodrome
First Views of Earth From Sentinel-3
ESA– The first image from Sentinel-3A captures the transition from day to night over Svalbard, Norway, with detailed Arctic sea ice and some cloud features. Just after two weeks after
2016 ESA Earth Observation Summer School
European Space Agency (ESA) organises a series of summer schools on Monitoring of the Earth System to promote the exploitation of EO data across disciplines, with a specific focus on
The “Radar Vision” Goes On – Two More Sentinel-1 Satellites
– Airbus Defence and Space signs €143M contract with Thales Alenia Space – New Sentinel instruments ensure services for Copernicus beyond 2029 Airbus Defence and Space, the world’s second-largest space
ESA and World Bank Sign an Agreement on Using Earth Observation Information
At the COP21 Climate Summit in Paris, the World Bank and ESA signed an agreement on using information from Earth observation satellites in support of sustainable development. The World Bank,
In The Footprints of Albert Einstein – Successful Launch of LISA Pathfinder
The science and technology demonstrator LISA Pathfinder lifted off from Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on board a Vega rocket at 05:04 CET on 3 December 2015. Preparations for
