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Storm hunter turns two

Image: The Atmosphere-Space Interactions Monitor or ASIM , mounted outside the European laboratory of the International Space Station, enters its second year of science operations. Launched in April 2018, the payload began operating on 14 June 2018 and has been studying thunderstorms 400 km above Earth ever since. Specifically, ASIM is on the hunt for […]

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SEOSAT-Ingenio ready for shipment to Kourou

The Spanish high-resolution land imaging mission, known as SEOSAT-Ingenio, is currently at the premises of Airbus in Madrid, Spain and is ready to be packed and shipped to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana – following the mission’s latest successful tests and final technical review. This is another significant milestone in preparing the Earth observation satellite’s […]

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Hubble Glimpses a Galaxy Among Many

Looking deep into the universe, the Hubble Space Telescope catches a passing glimpse of the numerous arm-like structures that sweep around this barred spiral galaxy, known as NGC 2608. Appearing as a slightly stretched, smaller version of our Milky Way, the peppered blue and red spiral arms are anchored together by the prominent horizontal To […]

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ESAIL maritime satellite ready for launch

The ESAIL microsatellite for tracking ships worldwide – developed under an ESA Partnership Project – has completed its accommodation on Vega’s new dispenser for small satellites and is ready for launch.  To source

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Barcelona, Spain

Barcelona, Spain

Image: The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over Barcelona – the second largest city in Spain. On the northeast coast of the Iberian Peninsula, Barcelona occupies a low plateau along the Mediterranean coastal plain. The city and its red roofs contrast with the forested hills and the sea that surround it. The famous Avinguda Diagonal […]

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Earth from Space: Barcelona

Earth from Space: Barcelona

Video: 00:03:22 In this week’s edition of the Earth from Space programme, the Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission  takes us over Barcelona, the second largest city in Spain. See also Barcelona, Spain  to download the image To source

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