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Copernicus DIAS is biggest ESA contract for Poland to date

by Tereza Pultarova — December 22, 2017

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.

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European Commission pleased with Copernicus program

by Caleb Henry — December 1, 2017

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.

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Speaking at the Sentinel 5P launch event in was Jo Johnson, the UK’s minister of state for universities, science, research and innovation. Johnson tried to reassure those in attendance that Sentinel 5P is not the UK’s final contribution to large EU-funded space projects such as Copernicus, Galileo and the Space Surveillance and Tracking program (SST). Credit: Twitter/@JoJohnsonUK

UK hopes to stay involved in Copernicus post Brexit

by Tereza Pultarova — October 16, 2017

The Oct. 13 launch of the air-pollution-monitoring satellite Sentinel 5P was a bittersweet moment for the UK space sector.

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An ESA artist's concept of a Rockot launcher carrying the Sentinel-5P Earth-observation satellite to orbit. Credit: ESA

Russia’s Rockot delivers Europe’s Sentinel-5P satellite to orbit

by Jeff Foust — October 13, 2017

The Rockot lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia at 5:27 a.m. Eastern carrying the Sentinel-5P satellite.

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Sentinel-2B lifts off on a Vega launcher from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana at 01:49 GMT on March 7. Credit: Stephane Corvaja/ESA

Vega rocket launches latest Sentinel Earth observation satellite

by Jeff Foust — March 7, 2017

The spacecraft carries a suite of multi-wavelength sensors for land imaging, and will work with Sentinel-2A launched in 2015.

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Europe’s Sentinel-3A Earth observation satellite successfully launched

by Peter B. de Selding — February 16, 2016

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.

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Thales Alenia Inks Deal To Build 2 More Sentinel Satellites for ESA

by Peter B. de Selding — December 15, 2015

The contract, valued at 402 million euros ($441 million), will help guarantee the promised data continuity of the multibillion-euro Copernicus effort.

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ESA Picks Flex for Next Earth Explorer

by Peter B. de Selding — November 26, 2015

The European Space Agency confirmed that it has accepted a science panel’s recommendation that the Fluorescence Explorer satellite be the agency’s next Earth Explorer environment-monitoring satellite.

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B612 Presses Ahead with Asteroid Mission Despite Setbacks

by Jeff Foust — October 20, 2015

The nonprofit B612 Foundation says it is continuing efforts to develop a space telescope to search for near-Earth asteroids despite fundraising challenges and a recent NASA decision to terminate a cooperative agreement.

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