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Operators of UK transport networks are the first who are set to benefit from Live Land, a satellite-based land monitoring system developed through ESA.  To source

ESA Euronews talks to ESA DG Jan Woerner on building a Moon Village To source

Our week through the lens: 22-26 February 2016 To source

Another pair of Galileo navigation satellites is scheduled for launch by Soyuz rocket in May, ahead of a quartet on an Ariane 5 in the autumn, bringing the Galileo system a step closer to operational use. To source

Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of the Eastern Desert in Egypt, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme To source

Operations image of the week: After 16 years, a recommissioned, low-resolution ‘webcam’ on a Cluster satellite has snapped a #selfie with Earth To source

Each year, about a quarter of the carbon dioxide we release into the atmosphere ends up in the ocean, but how it happens is still not fully understood. The Sentinel-3A satellite is poised to play an important role in shedding new light on this exchange. To source

The current El Niño weather phenomenon is taking its toll on coral reefs, prompting a field campaign to the middle of the Pacific Ocean to explore how Europe’s Sentinel-2 satellite might be able to quantify the damage on a large scale. To source

Technology image of the week: a new kind of orbit using a solar sail to take up position above Earth’s polar regions To source

On Monday, the two cubes housed in the core of ESA’s LISA Pathfinder were left to move under the effect of gravity alone – another milestone towards demonstrating technologies to observe gravitational waves from space. To source

Save the date: media and social media accreditation details for our ExoMars 2016 launch event, to be held at ESA in Darmstadt, on 14 March are coming soon To source

Space Science Image of the Week: The ExoMars 2016 Trace Gas Orbiter propellant tanks are filled for the launch in March To source

Europe’s railway network plays a vital role in keeping our continent on the move. A new ESA initiative is considering the ways that space can add value to the network as it enters its third century of operations. To source