Further embracing the New Space era, ESA is to develop two new Scout satellites: NanoMagSat and Tango. NanoMagSat will measure Earth’s magnetic field to help assess space weather hazards and […]
Copernicus
Rhodes wildfire in Greece forces thousands to flee
Wildfires burning on the Greek island of Rhodes have forced the evacuation of thousands of people as flames have spread from the island’s mountainous region to the coast. The Copernicus […]
ESA’s Copernicus reveals carbon monoxide from fires in Canada
As climate change increases the risk of wildfires across the globe, the spate of fires that hit Canada in May and June suggest that 2023 is on course to be […]
Kuva Space awarded millions of euros with a commercial contract as the sole provider for Copernicus hyperspectral data services
Earth Observation (EO) company Kuva Space has been awarded a five-year commercial contract worth 5 million euros to be the world’s sole provider of hyperspectral data services for the European […]
Thales Alenia Space’s €112 million contract from ESA for IRIDE radar and optical satellites
Thales Alenia Space, the joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%), has won contracts from the European Space Agency (ESA) to supply a first batch of six small satellites […]
Airbus delivers the 1st Sentinel-4 air-monitoring instrument to ESA
Airbus Defence and Space has successfully delivered the first Sentinel-4/UVN (Ultraviolet, Visible and Near Infra-Red) multispectral instrument flight model to the European Space Agency (ESA) — this instrument will be […]
50 years have passed for NASA’s Copernicus satellite which set the bar for space astronomy
At 6:28 a.m. EDT, on August 21, 1972, NASA’s Copernicus satellite, the heaviest and most complex space telescope of its time, lit up the sky as it ascended into orbit […]
Thales Alenia Space’s agreements regarding development of IRIS and CRISTAL for Europe’s Copernicus Earth observation program
The CRISTAL satellite will feature, for the first-time, a dual-frequency Ku/Ka-band radar altimeter to measure and monitor sea-ice thickness and overlying snow depth. Thales Alenia Space, the joint company between […]
OHB + ESA Sign Rider-Contract For The 2nd Copernicus CO2M EO Development Phase
The CO2M mission of the European Earth Observation Program, Copernicus aims to specifically measure how much climate-changing carbon dioxide is actually released into the atmosphere by human activities. OHB System […]