The European Space Agency has signed contracts for three High-Priority Candidate Missions for the agency’s Earth-observing Copernicus program. Combined, the contracts are worth 1.3 billion euros.

The Sentinel-2B satellite launched in March 2017 is part of Europe’s Copernicus system of Earth-observation satellites. Credit: Airbus WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency on July 1 awarded 2.5 ...

The third of six ESA satellites has been sent into orbit, arming the Copernicus programme with the ability to monitor population movement, as well as produce far more accurate meteorological readings.

The “ESA and Copernicus Ground Segment Projects Team” in DFD’s International Ground Segment organizational unit is part of a Europe-wide network of reception, archiving and processing centers. Since ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Planet Labs Germany GmbH, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced that they have signed a multi-year contract with the European ...

Sept. 4 (UPI) --The European Space Agency launched the final Vega rocket into space late Wednesday with a mission to carry the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite into low-Earth orbit. The launch ...

KATHMANDU: European Space Agency (ESA) has recently released a picturesque satellite image showing part of the central Nepal including the Kathmandu Valley and the Himalayan foothills. Vegetation ...