June 8, 2023, marks the 25th anniversary of Copernicus, the earth observation component of the European Union’s space programme. Launched in 1998 and previously known as the Global Monitoring for ...

On 4 November 2025 at 22:02 CET (18:02 local time), the new Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite was successfully launched from French Guiana. The Sentinel mission provides essential data for monitoring ...

On November 29, 2022, Arianespace announced having signed with the European Commission (Directorate General for Defence, Industry and Space), a contract for the procurement of five launch services ...

Sentinel-5 Precursor, the most recent Copericus satellite to launch, monitors Earth's atmosphere, detecting pollutants such as nitrogen dioxide, ozone, formaldehyde, sulphur dioxide, methane, carbon ...

ESA signed a contract that brings the ICEYE constellation of small satellites into the fleet of missions contributing to Europe’s Copernicus environmental monitoring programme. As a commercial ...

The Philippines, as well as all other countries, stands to benefit from reliable monitoring of its natural and urban environment. The El Niño phenomenon, unpredictable weather patterns, road traffic ...

Copernicus is a joint initiative of the European Union (EU), the European Space Agency (ESA), the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), and their member ...

The Prime Minister has been warned that paying the EU £750million to rejoin its space programme dictated by the bloc’s rules would be a “bad deal” for Britain. The UK has the opportunity to rejoin ...

– The Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) [1] which establishes an EU shared competence in Space; – The Framework Agreement between the European Union and the European Space Agency ...

The European Parliament on Wednesday gave its green light to Copernicus, the EU's new earth observation programme, according to a statement on its official website. The European Parliament on ...