ESA Mission Control is ready for the launch of #Sentinel2! Find out how we prepare for a launch, culminating in the all-important team photo 📸 esa.int/Enabling_Suppo… C you all tonight😉

☄️🎆Incoming! The ninth ever immininent impactor has been discovered by the Catalina Sky Survey this morning. There will be a harmless, but likely spectacular fireball in about 8 hours, caused by a small ~1 metre diameter object entering Earth's atmosphere near the Philippines.

I wish I could be here for this event (sadly stuck with a spacecraft to fly 😞) but you can still join in - really interesting launch of a new network for the space sector 🛰️😃 - sign up below 👇

After almost 6 years of service, and nearly 2 years of disposal, we finally said our last goodnight to #Sentinel1B 😢 but with this incredible ESA Operations team and prepping #Sentinel1C for launch there‘s no time to be sad - onwards and (literally) upwards 🚀🛰️!! #LongLiveS1

Amazing to see Copernicus EU in the classroom 👏

Burn baby burn 🔥 Looks like we are go for launch 🚀🥳 #Sentinel1C

Flooding in Emilia Romagna🇮🇹as seen from space. This Copernicus EU #Sentinel1 composite image shows in blue the extent of the floods that affected the region on 20 October as several rivers overflooded. Copernicus EMS has been activated. High resolution (Sentinel-1) and very

🌈🚀 On the International Day of LGBTQIA+ people in STEM, we celebrate the contributions of LGBTQIA+ people in science, technology, engineering, and maths. 🌍 Today, the Pride Flags fly at our various establishments, highlighting our commitment to a more equitable and inclusive

If anyone wonders where I’ve been…mostly getting ready to launch this amazing beast 🫡 🚀 Also really wondering whether I have a future on Xwitter 😬 Maybe time to look to blue skies…

New launch date for us…let’s light this candle 🔥 🚀 #Sentinel1 C

On 4 Dec a new Copernicus EU #Sentinel1 satellite (the C unit) will be launched. One of the cool things that we can do with this mission is monitor hurricanes. For example, this is a Sentinel-1 image of Hurricane Helene: satellite-based sensors, particularly those operating in

First thing in space I ever operated…fantastic machine 😍🥳

🚀 Our Vega-C rocket is returning to flight tonight! Our launcher will take Copernicus EU #Sentinel1 C to space. The mission is the next in a series with advanced radar technology to provide an all-weather, day-and-night supply of imagery of Earth’s surface to benefit society.

Go Vega-C! Go Sentinel-1C!

Pre-launch ritual of ironing the launch shirts is done! #VV25 #Sentinel1 C

Well…sadly it wasn’t to be today for #Sentinel1 C 😔 Issue with the mobile gantry means a 24h hold for our launch but the good news is that the rocket and the satellite are both fit and raring to go 🚀