The European Space Agency has signed contracts for three High-Priority Candidate Missions for the agency’s Earth-observing Copernicus program. Combined, the contracts are worth 1.3 billion euros.

The Sentinel-2B satellite launched in March 2017 is part of Europe’s Copernicus system of Earth-observation satellites. Credit: Airbus WASHINGTON — The European Space Agency on July 1 awarded 2.5 ...

The Artemis II mission sent back beautiful images of the Moon and Earth, and we feature one of them this week, plus amazing ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Planet Labs Germany GmbH, a leading provider of daily data and insights about Earth, today announced that they have signed a multi-year contract with the European Space ...

The Copernicus Sentinel Expansion Missions are a major leap forward in Europe's Earth observation capabilities. With the United Kingdom's re-entry to the EU's Copernicus program, funding has been ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The final the final Vega rocket launch occurred late Wednesday from Kourou, French Guiana. In its 12 years of use, the rocket ...

With commercial companies playing an increasingly important role in creating a dynamic and innovative space industry, nine New Space satellite data suppliers have joined the Copernicus programme as ...

Around 40% of floating ice shelves have significantly reduced in volume over past 25 years. 40% of floating ice shelves have significantly reduced in size in the past 25 years. New research, based ...

Sept. 4 (UPI) --The European Space Agency launched the final Vega rocket into space late Wednesday with a mission to carry the Copernicus Sentinel-2C satellite into low-Earth orbit. The launch ...