With the Copernicus earth observation program, Europe has the whole world in view. "Europe's Eyes on Earth" collect 25 terabytes of data from various sources every day. Some of this data is analyzed ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Darmstadt, Germany, Feb 17 (EFE).Darmstadt, Germany, Feb 17 (EFE). — The European Space Agency’s Copernicus Earthobservation program has expanded its constellation of satellites with the launch of ...

On 8 June 2023, the European Earth observation programme Copernicus celebrated its 25th birthday. The information from the seven Sentinel satellites is the basis for research and monitoring of climate ...

The UK’s re-entry to the EU’s Copernicus programme, the world’s most ambitious earth observation system, is in doubt as the two sides haggle over London’s financial contribution. The UK government has ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

– 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 ...