On this day, exactly one year ago, the satellite Sentinel-3B launched from Plesetsk, Russia, to join its twin satellite Sentinel-3A. Together, they now work as part of the Copernicus Programme to deliver data meas ...
Read More19 February 1473 marks the birthday of Nicolaus Copernicus. He was a famous and, during his time, controversial scientist and astronomer that first came up with the theory that the universe revolves around the Sun and ...
Read MoreWe recently had quite a big makeover at our headquarters in Darmstadt and can finally reveal the new look... Say hello to our new Geostationary Mission Control Centre - the most modern satellite control centre in ...
Read MoreBack in June we began our "Clean-up your space" contest and since then, we have received many fantastic entries - in fact we were overwhelmed with the quality of the models and enthusiasm of the entrants so passionate ab ...
Read MoreWe've had lots of space-related captures sent in to us lately and there have been some amazing results - what a talented bunch you are! Initially, we asked you to try and capture a Metop satellite flare in our ini ...
Read MoreYou might have heard us mention Copernicus before - not only on the Learning Zone, but regularly on our social media posts. However, in case you're not familiar with the name, we'd like to tell you allllll about them now ...
Read MoreRemember the Sentinel-3B satellite launch? This fine piece of machinery has been up in orbit for more than two months now! It joined its twin, Sentinel-3A to assist in keeping a "health check" of our planet. You can ...
Read MoreNous vous avons écoutés... Vous avez été nombreux à nous faire part de propositions très intéressantes pour le thème du concours 2018. Nous nous sommes réjouis d’avoir reçu autant de suggestions sur le recyclage et le ne ...
Read MoreYou talked, we listened! Lots of really great ideas were sent in for our 2018 competition theme, and we were happy to see so many suggestions focused on recycling and cleaning up our planet. ...
Read MoreSatellites - our favourite subject. We talk about them A LOT! But with so many different kinds, it might be confusing as to which one does what, so we thought we'd better introduce you to the fleet. There was a re ...
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