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The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite will enhance our planet's radar vision. It will join the fleet of Sentinels operated from ESA’s mission control centre in Darmstadt, which includes Sentinel-1A. 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C & 5P. We also helped get Sentinel-3A, 3B & 6 up & running post-launch.
🎥ESA/Mlabspace
🎥ESA/Mlabspace
November 4, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite will enhance our planet's radar vision. It will join the fleet of Sentinels operated from ESA’s mission control centre in Darmstadt, which includes Sentinel-1A. 1C, 2A, 2B, 2C & 5P. We also helped get Sentinel-3A, 3B & 6 up & running post-launch.
🎥ESA/Mlabspace
🎥ESA/Mlabspace
One of the simulation exercises made them face a solar storm of extreme magnitude. While we wait for the next launch preparation phase, we encourage you to take a look at the consequences of this nightmare scenario: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
📷ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team
📷ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team
November 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
One of the simulation exercises made them face a solar storm of extreme magnitude. While we wait for the next launch preparation phase, we encourage you to take a look at the consequences of this nightmare scenario: www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
📷ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team
📷ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI Team
The bolide was preceded almost an hour before, at 19:42 CET, by a meteor that lit up the skies for around 8 to 10 seconds. Despite the close timing, the two events followed distinct trajectories, indicating they were likely unrelated.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
The bolide was preceded almost an hour before, at 19:42 CET, by a meteor that lit up the skies for around 8 to 10 seconds. Despite the close timing, the two events followed distinct trajectories, indicating they were likely unrelated.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
☄️ Fireball observed over Spain and Portugal!
On 2 November 2025 at 20:41 CET, ESA’s fireball camera in Cáceres, Spain, recorded a bright bolide streaking northwest over Portugal. It was travelling at approximately 81 000 km/h.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
On 2 November 2025 at 20:41 CET, ESA’s fireball camera in Cáceres, Spain, recorded a bright bolide streaking northwest over Portugal. It was travelling at approximately 81 000 km/h.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
November 4, 2025 at 1:49 PM
☄️ Fireball observed over Spain and Portugal!
On 2 November 2025 at 20:41 CET, ESA’s fireball camera in Cáceres, Spain, recorded a bright bolide streaking northwest over Portugal. It was travelling at approximately 81 000 km/h.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
On 2 November 2025 at 20:41 CET, ESA’s fireball camera in Cáceres, Spain, recorded a bright bolide streaking northwest over Portugal. It was travelling at approximately 81 000 km/h.
Credit: ESA/PDO/AMS82 - AllSky7
www.esa.int/ESA_Multimed...
The second of four @science.esa.int Cluster satellites has reentered the atmosphere. Rumba’s 25-year dance around Earth ended in a targeted reentry over a remote region of the Pacific Ocean at 20:59 CEST on 22 October.
October 24, 2025 at 7:26 AM
The second of four @science.esa.int Cluster satellites has reentered the atmosphere. Rumba’s 25-year dance around Earth ended in a targeted reentry over a remote region of the Pacific Ocean at 20:59 CEST on 22 October.
☀️Flying through the strongest solar storm ever recorded
No communication or navigation, faulty electronics, collision risks. ESA mission control teams faced a scenario unlike any before. Fortunately, this nightmare unfolded not in reality, but as part of the simulation!
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
No communication or navigation, faulty electronics, collision risks. ESA mission control teams faced a scenario unlike any before. Fortunately, this nightmare unfolded not in reality, but as part of the simulation!
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
October 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
☀️Flying through the strongest solar storm ever recorded
No communication or navigation, faulty electronics, collision risks. ESA mission control teams faced a scenario unlike any before. Fortunately, this nightmare unfolded not in reality, but as part of the simulation!
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
No communication or navigation, faulty electronics, collision risks. ESA mission control teams faced a scenario unlike any before. Fortunately, this nightmare unfolded not in reality, but as part of the simulation!
www.esa.int/Space_Safety...
ESA's Planetary Defence Office observed the asteroid shortly after its discovery. This observation helped astronomers determine the close approach distance and time to such high precision.
The interaction with Earth's gravity significantly altered the asteroid's orbit around the Sun 👇
The interaction with Earth's gravity significantly altered the asteroid's orbit around the Sun 👇
October 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
ESA's Planetary Defence Office observed the asteroid shortly after its discovery. This observation helped astronomers determine the close approach distance and time to such high precision.
The interaction with Earth's gravity significantly altered the asteroid's orbit around the Sun 👇
The interaction with Earth's gravity significantly altered the asteroid's orbit around the Sun 👇
Asteroid 2025 TF is roughly 1 to 3 m across and was first spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey a few hours after it had passed Earth.
Objects of this size can produce fireballs if they strike Earth’s atmosphere, and small meteorites can make it to the ground.
Objects of this size can produce fireballs if they strike Earth’s atmosphere, and small meteorites can make it to the ground.
October 6, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Asteroid 2025 TF is roughly 1 to 3 m across and was first spotted by the Catalina Sky Survey a few hours after it had passed Earth.
Objects of this size can produce fireballs if they strike Earth’s atmosphere, and small meteorites can make it to the ground.
Objects of this size can produce fireballs if they strike Earth’s atmosphere, and small meteorites can make it to the ground.