The three satellites that make up ESA’s Swarm magnetic field mission were presented to the media on Feb 17. Following a demanding testing program, the satellites were displayed in the cleanroom before they are shipped to Russia for their July launch.

ESA and Eurockot today signed contracts for launching two ESA satellites: Sentinel-2A and Sentinel-3A will fly in 2013 on Rockot vehicles from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia for Europe’s GMES program.

ESA has awarded a contract to Eurockot for the launch of two of its Earth observation missions.

Into its second week in orbit, Proba-2's spacecraft platform has proven to be in excellent health.

The European Space Agency launched two new satellites on Monday in an effort to gather more data on global climate change.