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Week in images: 09-13 November 2020 Discover our week through the lens To source

Teams at ESA’s mission control centre are getting ready to ensure a new Earth observation mission safely begins its life in space. The SEOSAT-Ingenio mission will provide high-resolution images of Earth’s surface, providing crucial data to better understand our environment and for land, water and risk management and security. To source

Video: 00:03:56 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission  takes us over Darmstadt, Germany, home to ESA’s European Space Operations Centre,  See also Darmstadt, Germany  to download the image. To source

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Darmstadt – home to ESA’s European Space Operations Centre. To source

Ahead of its liftoff, scheduled for on Tuesday 17 November 2020 at 02:52 CET (16 November 22:52 local time in Kourou), the SEOSAT-Ingenio satellite sealed in the rocket fairing has been hoisted into the Vega launch tower at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana. To source

Image: Cosmic furnace seen by XMM-Newton To source

ESA’s exoplanet mission Ariel, scheduled for launch in 2029, has moved from study to implementation phase, following which an industrial contractor will be selected to build the spacecraft. To source

Image: Shape-shifting mirror To source

Trains in Italy will be tracked and controlled via space to ensure they run in a safe, punctual and environmentally friendly way. To source

Video: 00:03:00 Final preparations are underway in California for the launch of Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich , a joint European and US satellite designed to take precise measurements of sea-level change. The satellite forms part of the European Union’s Copernicus Earth Observation programme and will employ a radar altimeter to map sea-surface topography. The satellite will […]

Image: Science regularly requires maintenance, and the European Physiology Module (EPM) on board the International Space Station needed the latest fix. Located in the European Columbus laboratory, the refrigerator-sized EPM supports research into the effects of short- and long-duration spaceflight on the human body. The EPM is a multi-user facility that includes equipment for neuroscientific, […]

Image: Giant berg on collision course with South Georgia To source

As preparations for the launch of SEOSAT-Ingenio continue on schedule, the team at Europe’s spaceport in Kourou have bid farewell to the satellite as it was sealed inside the rocket fairing. The spacecraft is currently scheduled to launch on the evening of Monday 16 November/morning of Tuesday 17 November. To source