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Buongiorno Venezia!
This Copernicus EU #Sentinel2 image features the city of Venice in Italy.
The small square island to the north is San Michele. Once a prison island, it became a cemetery when Napoleonās occupying forces declared burial on the main islands unsanitary.
What should ESA Operations teams do if a member of the control team suddenly falls ill during the #EarthCARE launch?
What if communication with the spacecraft is interrupted at a crucial moment?
How should they react to an alert from ESAās Space Debris Office warning of aā¦
Despite current Intāl Telecommunication Union rules on use of the electromagnetic spectrum, satellites sometimes suffer from interference ā radio frequency interference, or RFI. This can mean loss of data, risk of damage to the satellite receiver and biased or uncertain measurements.
The animationā¦
Boosting your Monday with new images from the #EarthCARE launch site!
Over the weekend the propulsion team setup and carried out thruster tests and pressurisation tests.
Soon teams will start the joint operations, aka the activities needed to integrate the satellite with theā¦
On the occasion of the World Health Assembly in Geneva, European Space Agency organises a side event in collaboration with the Geneva digital health hub (@gdhub_gva)
and various partners, including UN agencies such as
UNOOSA and World Health Organization (WHO) For more information, visit eo4society.esa.int/2024/04/30/spaā¦ā¦
ESA Earth Observation
To celebrate #MayThe4th let's travel to some of the most iconic movie locations... from space!
Which one is your favourite?
Mount Etna = Mustafar
Salar de Uyuni = Battle of crait
Iceland = icy planet Hoth
Rubā al Khali Desert = Jakku
With the climate crisis tightening its grip, European Space Agencyās #EarthCARE will shed new light on the complex interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation in Earthās atmosphere.
We caught up with some of the scientists, engineers and experts behind the mission: youtube.com/watch?v=hH8CGYā¦
YOU SHALL NOT PASS!
Said the #EarthCARE team to dust and aerosols that tried to get inside the satellite waiting for liftoff in California.
Thanks to the teamās painstaking work, they verified that EarthCARE is dust-free.
Next task on the list: fuelling!
esa.int/Applications/Oā¦
Reliving the science-filled life of ESA's Aeolus mission satellite thanks to the power of sonification!
Last year we teamed up with composer Jamie Perera to make an orchestral wind sonification that uses data spanning the missionās entirety: soundcloud.com/esa/the-sound-ā¦
Household duties for the #EarthCARE team in California!
The team has been busy prepping European Space Agency's next Earth Explorer satellite for launch - one of the activity includes carefully cleaning the spacecraft š§¹š°ļø
In order to properly assess the cleanliness, the lights in theā¦
How will European Space Agency's #EarthCARE shed light on clouds' role in Earth's radiation budget?
EarthCARE has 4ā£ state-of-the-art instruments, each designed to provide unique insights into the complex interactions between clouds, aerosols and radiation:
esa.int/Applications/Oā¦
Have you ever heard of European Space Agency's World Fire Atlas?
The dashboard uses night-time data from Copernicus EU #Sentinel3 radiometer.
The sensor measures thermal infrared radiation to take the š”ļø of Earth's land which is used to detect š„: s3wfa.esa.int