The Earth Observation component of the EU Space Programme
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🌫️ Autumn haze blankets the Indo-Gangetic Plain across 🇵🇰 Pakistan & 🇮🇳 India.
🛰️ #CopernicusEU Sentinel-3 captures the smoke stretching from Lahore to New Delhi, with the snow-capped Himalayas in the background.
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🌊 Where the Mekong meets the sea! 🇻🇳
🛰️ #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 reveals sediment-rich waters in pink & purple along Vietnam’s coast, with offshore wind turbines and ships in view.
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🏙️ Happy World Cities Day! 🌍
🛰️ #CopernicusEU data show how Paris 🇫🇷 expanded: built-up areas grew by over 50% between 1975 & 2025, from 470 to 710 km².
🌱 Satellite data help plan safer, more resilient cities.
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🛰️ #CopernicusEU Sentinel-6B is now operational!
🌊 It will continue the global sea-level record, which began in 1992. Since then, oceans have risen by more than 11.5 cm.
📊 Tracking sea-level rise to support climate monitoring & coastal protection.
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#EYE2027 is coming! 📣
On 18-19 June 2027, thousands of young people aged 16 to 30 from across Europe and beyond will come together at the @Europarl_EN in Strasbourg.
Explore opportunities to get involved and find the latest news at: eye2027.eu
Save the date!
🛰️ A rare cloud-free view of Tierra del Fuego! 🇦🇷🇨🇱
🏔 #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 reveals snow-capped peaks, green landscapes & deep blue waterways at the southern tip of South America.
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📣 CASSINI Space Camps are returning!
The next edition will offer 6 local, fully residential learning experiences to young people aged 14–18.
🧑🚀 building skills
👩🚀 introducing #EUSpace techs and apps
👨🚀 entrepreneurship, teamwork, hands-on activities
🔗 cassini.eu/spacecamps/space-…
❄️ Longyearbyen, Svalbard 🇳🇴 lies in one of the Arctic’s fastest-warming regions.
🛰️ #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 captures its glaciers and rugged terrain, where thawing permafrost and retreating ice highlight rapid environmental change.
🔗 link.europa.eu/qmW8cV
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Low water levels are affecting the River Rhine 🇩🇪 after a dry spring & hot summer.
🛰️ #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 reveals exposed sandbanks near Kaub, where the gauge read just 0.55 m on 26 October, limiting shipping capacity.
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❄️ Winter arrives in the Alps! 🏔️🇦🇹🇮🇹🇨🇭
🛰️ #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 captures the season’s first snowfall across the central Alps, with bright white peaks contrasting against the valleys below.
🔗 link.europa.eu/krtWhj
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🏔️ 🇵🇪 Cordillera Blanca is home to the world’s largest concentration of tropical glaciers.
🛰️ #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 captures its dazzling ice, rugged peaks & turquoise lakes - vital to monitoring water resources and glacial hazards.
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☄️ A cosmic impact in the Namib Desert! 🇳🇦
🛰️ #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 reveals the 2.5 km-wide Roter Kamm Crater, where a meteorite struck millions of years ago, leaving a striking circular mark in the desert.
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🌧️ Storm Adam brought severe flooding to E Spain 🇪🇸, with 663.8 mm of rain recorded in Pego in just 37 hours.
🛰️ #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 captures sediment plumes along the coast, while emergency mapping supports response efforts.
🔗 link.europa.eu/XvcYDk
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🛰️ More satellites mean greater collision risks in space.
For 10 years, @EU_SST has helped protect space operations, monitoring risks and warning of potential hazards.
🇪🇺 With 19 Member States, it helps safeguard space assets worldwide.
👉 link.europa.eu/PyNVrJ
🌀 Super Typhoon Champi (Rosal) reached Cat 5 strength east of the 🇵🇭 Philippines, with winds of 296 km/h - the strongest sustained winds recorded globally (2026).
🛰️ @CMEMS_EU data show waves reaching 10 m near the storm’s centre.
🔗 link.europa.eu/KKQhFc
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💧 What happens when #CopernicusEU services combine their insights?
🧩 Explore The Odyssey of Water, revealing how #EUSpace data help us understand the Mediterranean.
🔗 link.europa.eu/HHkGC8
With @CopernicusLand @CMEMS_EU @CopernicusECMWF @CopernicusEMS & @defis_eu.
❄️ Autumn across Scandinavia! 🇳🇴🇸🇪
🛰️ This #CopernicusEU Sentinel-3 image captures fog filling lowland valleys and early snow covering Norway’s higher elevations, as colder days arrive in northern Europe.
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🛰️ Thank you, @EU_SST, for helping protect #CopernicusEU satellites! Happy anniversary! 🥳
1/4 🎉 Happy 10th anniversary, EU Space Surveillance and Tracking - @EU_SST !
More than 300 experts & network members from the civil & military #EUSpace sectors gathered to celebrate a decade of EU cooperation for safer, more sustainable space.
🔗 link.europa.eu/vrXWw8
🇪🇺 @EU_Commission has unveiled its new Strategy for the Arctic, focusing on security, resilience, climate and prosperity for Arctic communities.
🛰️ This #CopernicusEU Sentinel-2 image shows sea ice drifting off 🇬🇱 illustrate Arctic dynamics.
🔗 link.europa.eu/pNjvgr
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🔥 Wildfires in 🇮🇩 Indonesia are sending vast smoke plumes across Southeast Asia, affecting air quality in Malaysia & Singapore.
🛰️ #CopernicusEU CAMS data show 2026 fire emissions among the highest in 24 years.
🔗 link.europa.eu/FfyFxX
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