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Discover the latest news on the European Space Agency's Earth Observation activities. Learn all about new data availability and how ESA's missions are performing.
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News - General News
News - General News
Counting down to Metop-C
Teams at ESA's European Space Operations Centre in Germany have been training for months in preparation for next week's launch of Metop-C.
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Europe's third polar-orbiting weather satellite lofted into orbit
The third Metop satellite, Metop-C, has been launched on a Soyuz rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana.
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Forty years of heritage data highlight warming European lakes
In the last decade, climate change has taken centre stage in both the public and scientific arenas, as increasingly extreme weather and human impact on the environment have become more apparent.
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Handing over Metop-C
Mission teams at ESA's ESOC operations centre in Germany handed control of the recently launched Metop-C satellite to EUMETSAT.
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Metop-C ready for big day
With liftoff set for 7 November, the latest Metop weather satellite has been rolled out to the launch pad and positioned on the Soyuz rocket.
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News - Scientific Highlights
News - Scientific Highlights
Metop: The power of three
Metop-A was launched in 2006 and Metop-B in 2012, and now it is time for Metop-C.
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Mission continuity
Long-term availability of Earth observation data from a given instrument is crucial to many data users and their research—but just how does it work?