ESA signed a contract that brings the ICEYE constellation of small satellites into the fleet of missions contributing to Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme. As a commercial ...

June 8, 2023, marks the 25th anniversary of Copernicus, the earth observation component of the European Union’s space programme. Launched in 1998 and previously known as the Global Monitoring for ...

Sentinel-5 Precursor, the most recent Copericus satellite to launch, monitors Earth's atmosphere, detecting pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, formaldehyde, sulphur dioxide, methane, carbon ...

On November 29, 2022, Arianespace announced having signed with the European Commission (Directorate General for Defence, Industry and Space), a contract for the procurement of five launch services ...

Switzerland has said it won’t be taking part in the EU’s climate change monitoring programme for the time being. Despite a parliamentary vote in favour of joining and agreements with the EU, the ...

The past few years have been some of the hottest ever. Scientists are able to observe these sorts of long-term weather trends using satellites and ground-based instruments through the EU's Copernicus ...

On 4 November 2025 at 22:02 CET (18:02 local time), the new Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite was successfully launched from French Guiana. The Sentinel mission provides essential data for monitoring ...

The European Parliament on Wednesday gave its green light to Copernicus, the EU's new earth observation programme, according to a statement on its official website. The European Parliament on ...

The Philippines, as well as all other countries, stands to benefit from reliable monitoring of its natural and urban environment. The El Niño phenomenon, unpredictable weather patterns, road traffic ...

– The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) [1] which establishes an EU shared competence in Space; – The Framework Agreement between the European Union and the European Space Agency ...

The European Space Agency (ESA) is expanding its Copernicus Earth observation satellite programme but the UK is being left behind as the organisation decides its six prime contractors for missions.