Copernicus
EU eyes 16-billion-euro space program for navigation systems, Earth observation, components
The European Commission has unveiled plans to spend 16 billion euros, or $18.6 billion, on a space program to boost the EU’s space capabilities in the years 2021 to 2027.
Eurockot conducts final Rockot mission with Sentinel-3B satellite
Eurockot’s Launch Services last mission using the Russian-German Rockot launcher took place successfully April 25 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia.
Op-ed | In space, no one is powerful enough to boldly go alone
Space matters in Europe and it is a top political priority. But the European Union’s efforts to achieve autonomy in space don’t mean we act in isolation.
Copernicus DIAS is biggest ESA contract for Poland to date
A 15 million euro ($17.8 million) contract to build one of the five Copernicus Data and Information Access Services (DIAS) platforms has been awarded by the European Space Agency to a Polish-led consortium – the biggest ESA deal the ex-communist country closed since having joined the agency in 2012.
ESA tasks Airbus with streamlining Copernicus data access
Airbus has signed a contract with the European Space Agency to develop a Copernicus Data and Information Access Services, orDIAS, platform that will make data from the Earth-monitoring constellation more accessible to users from about mid-2018.
European Commission pleased with Copernicus program
The European Commission gave a positive assessment of its Copernicus Earth-observation program, now in its third year, defending the free provision of data and emphasizing a need to make that data more applicable to non-space users.
UK hopes to stay involved in Copernicus post Brexit
The Oct. 13 launch of the air-pollution-monitoring satellite Sentinel 5P was a bittersweet moment for the UK space sector.
Britain’s quitting the EU, but will it be forced out of EU space programs?
The British vote to leave the European Union may occur gradually over two years but raises multiple immediate questions about the consequences for Europe’s space programs and Britain’s role in them.
Europe’s Copernicus enters hunt for missing EgyptAir flight
The European Space Agency on May 20 produced a radar satellite image of a 2-kilometer-long oil slick in the eastern Mediterranean Sea that ESA officials say could be from the missing EgyptAir MS804, which disappeared on May 19.
Euro Soyuz launches Sentinel-1B Earth observation satellite, Einstein-challenging physics experiment
A Europeanized Russian Soyuz rocket on April 25 successfully placed a European radar Earth observation satellite, a French fundamental-physics experiment and three European university-built cubesats into separate low-Earth orbits.
Europe’s Sentinel-3A Earth observation satellite successfully launched
Europe’s Sentinel-3A Earth observation satellite on Feb. 16 was successfully placed into low Earth orbit aboard a German-Russian Rockot launch vehicle operating from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
Thales Alenia Inks Deal To Build 2 More Sentinel Satellites for ESA
The contract, valued at 402 million euros ($441 million), will help guarantee the promised data continuity of the multibillion-euro Copernicus effort.
Europe Grants U.S. Special Access to Copernicus Earth-observation Data
The European Commission and the U.S. government have reached an agreement under which U.S. agencies will have free access to Europe’s Copernicus environment-monitoring satellite constellation.
Vega Launches Sentinel-2A Observation Satellite
Europe’s Vega rocket on June 22 successfully launched the Sentinel 2A optical Earth observation satellite for the European Commission.
