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🚀 We have exciting times ahead: new launch date for Vega-C!
ESA Earth ObservationNot one, but two satellites will soon be on their way to orbit 🚀 On 15 September at 03:21 CEST/02:21 BST (14 September at 22:21 local time), @esa.int’s FLEX mission and Copernicus Sentinel-3C are set to launch together from Europe’s Spaceport aboard a Vega-C rocket. 📷ESA/ATG medialab
🎧 Listen closely... that's a spacecraft swooping by Mercury! The second episode of our 🎙️ 'Expedition Sound' podcast is here. Explore the planets of our Solar System, make a stop at planet Mercury and discover the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo mission 👉 shorturl.at/08khh 🔭 🧪 #planetsci
In the aftermath of the devastating Venezuela earthquakes, Copernicus Sentinel-1 measured ground displacement of up to 65 cm around Caracas using radar observations from space. 🛰️🌍 The data are helping scientists better understand the event and support disaster assessment efforts.
How Sentinel-1 measured movement of Venezuela quakesMore than one month on from the catastrophic twin earthquakes in northern Venezuela on 24 June 2026, satellite data show the ground displacement was greater than first estimated.esa.int
A high-velocity meteor that exploded high above the South Atlantic off the coast of Argentina in April was detected by lightning imagers aboard European and US weather satellites. Their observations are helping to pin down its likely origin: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
My teams have completed all necessary checks and testing of the Cebreros station. After careful review, we have declared the antenna GREEN for nominal operations as of 27 July.
Josef AschbacherBased on current information, the Cebreros station appears to have remained unharmed. My deepest thanks go to the Spanish emergency services whose efforts helped protect the site as wildfires approached. Left: 24 July 19:57, Right: 25 July 07:54
🌒 The first Moon landing over 50 years ago proved we could get there. The next step is making it easier to return and stay there. @esa.int's Moonlight is developing the communication and navigation infrastructure to make that possible 📶 🧭 #InternationalMoonDay resilience.esa.int/moonlight