Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010
The Payload Module of ESA’s latest meteorological satellite, MetOp-B, has been hauled out of the largest vacuum chamber in Europe: its ability to operate in the harsh conditions of space has been proved. Read More
Friday, July 30th, 2010
Central Russia and the Moscow region are experiencing their hottest July in history, with record temperatures reaching over 35ºC posing a high fire risk. Several large smoke plumes originating from burning peat fields and forest fires are visible in this Envisat image covering the area east of Moscow. Read More
Tuesday, July 27th, 2010
An award-winning new website is using realtime imagery from ESA’s Envisat satellite to provide a wealth of information on sea ice to aid safe passage through the treacherous waters of the Antarctic. Read More
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
ESA – A better understanding of how Earth’s ice fields are changing has come another step closer as the first data from ESA’s ice mission are released to selected scientists around the world for fine-tuning. Read More
Monday, July 19th, 2010
T-Systems, under the patronage of the European Space Agency (ESA), award the GMES Masters prize for the best idea in line with the international innovation contest ‘European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010’. Companies and innovators anywhere in the world are welcome to participate. The two organisations are looking for business models for the European Earth observation
Friday, July 16th, 2010
The European Satellite Navigation Competition awards a 10,000 Euro prize for the best application ready to be tested in a Living Lab.How can citizens influence future technologies? How can companies access a larger or more varied market? How can researchers bring revolutionary technological breakthroughs closer to the ‘man on the street’? – In a Living
Friday, July 16th, 2010
This Envisat image captures blue-green algae blooms filling the Baltic Sea, which is roughly 1600 km long, 190 km wide and has a surface area of about 377 000 sq km. Read More
Tuesday, July 6th, 2010
ESA and the European Maritime Safety Agency have signed a further Agreement to ensure that satellite data are available to enhance maritime safety and help combat pollution from shipping. Read More
Sunday, July 4th, 2010
More than 1200 scientists from around the world have gathered in Bergen, Norway, for ESA’s week-long Living Planet Symposium to present their latest findings on Earth’s environment and climate using data from observation satellites. Addressing the participants, the Norwegian Minister of Trade and Industry Trond Giske underscored the importance of Earth observation saying that it is
Friday, July 2nd, 2010
This Envisat Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar interferogram over the Kenyan section of the Great Rift Valley shows small surface displacements that are not visible to the naked eye of the Longonot (front right). In the background is Suswa volcano, which was not deforming at this time. A group of scientists employed the technique known as
