Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
The Payload Module of the giant MetOp-B weather satellite has been lowered into ESA’s largest vacuum chamber. ESTEC Test Centre engineers will be subjecting it to prolonged space conditions – their latest assignment in a busy year. Read More
Tuesday, June 29th, 2010
This Envisat radar image acquired over the Gulf of Mexico on 22 June 2010 shows that the oil spill (outlined in white) has radiated all over the Gulf of Mexico basin and is also continuing to feed into the Loop Current (red arrow). Read More
Friday, June 25th, 2010
ALOS satellite image over the county of Hordaland in western Norway illustrates the region’s diverse landscape of fjords, mountain plateaus and fertile valleys. Read More
Monday, June 21st, 2010
Young engineers and scientists from all over the world will gather this summer in Denmark to study navigation by satellite, devising new scientific and technical improvements, products and services. A jury of experts from several European universities and Stanford University will select the best proposals. Read More
Monday, June 21st, 2010
ESA – The European GNSS Evolution Programme (EGEP) is an ESA optional programme supported by 17 Member States and Canada. Its primary aim is to undertake research and development in and verification of technologies relating to regional space-based augmentation systems (SBAS) and global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Read More
Thursday, June 17th, 2010
The Council of the European Space Agency today announced that Jean-Jacques Dordain will continue as the Director General of ESA for a further period of four years. Mr Dordain has served as Director General of ESA since 2003. This third mandate extends his term to June 2015. Read More
Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
As the ISS circles Earth, it has begun tracking individual ships crossing the seas beneath. An experiment hosted by ESA’s Columbus module is testing the viability of monitoring global traffic from the Station’s orbit hundreds of kilometres up. Read More
Monday, June 14th, 2010
GlobCover: This context shows annual MERIS FR composite. That mosaic is computed by averaging the surface reflectance values of the bimonthly product generated over one year. LandCover: This context shows the Land Cover Classification. It’s derived by an automatic and regionally-tuned classification of a time series of the MERIS FR Composites. For maximum user benefit, the 22
Saturday, June 12th, 2010
The European Space Agency (ESA) International Summer School on global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) will be held in Slettestran, Denmark from 1 to 11 September 2010. The summer school is open to graduate students, PhD candidates, early-stage researchers and young professionals. The objective is to provide attendees with a comprehensive overview on the design and development
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
The first products based on GOCE satellite data are now available online through ESA’s Earth observation user services tools. ESA launched the satellite in March 2009 on a mission to map Earth’s gravity with unprecedented accuracy and spatial resolution. The final gravity map and model of the geoid based on GOCE data will provide users
