Our week through the lens:
29 February – 4 March 2016
Category: News
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Sentinel-3A rides the waves
Following the first impressive images from Sentinel-3A, this latest Copernicus satellite is now showing us how another of its instruments, an altimeter, will track sea-level change.
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Puzzle of Utah
Earth observation image of the week: a Sentinel-2A image of Utah in the US, also featured on the Earth from Space video programme -
Encapsulating ExoMars
The ExoMars 2016 spacecraft are now sealed inside the rocket fairing ahead of launch on 14 March -
Mars stack
Operations image of the week: After being offline for several months, the low-resolution webcam on Mars Express has delivered a new set of Red Planet images -
Sentinel-3A timelapse
Relive the final stages of the launch campaign of the latest Copernicus Sentinel satellite with this three-minute timelapse video -
Sentinel-3A first images
Just two weeks after launch, the latest Sentinel has offered a taster of what it will provide for the EU’s Copernicus programme -
Let's make some noise
Technology image of the week: a giant sound horn feeding into ESA’s acoustic test chamber -
Images at lightspeed
The SpaceDataHighway precursor has helped raw data travel from space to ground and be processed into an image of the Brazilian coast in a record-breaking 13 minutes -
Orion’s wings
Human spaceflight and robotic exploration image of the week: Spreading Orion’s wings – unfurling the solar array on the European Service Module -
Earth from Space
Anssi Pekkarinen from the UN Food and Agriculture Organization joins the Earth from Space video programme to discuss managing forests with satellite data -
Scenery shapers
Space science image of the week: Tectonic activity and strong winds shape scenery on Mars -
Keeping transport systems on track
Operators of UK transport networks are the first who are set to benefit from Live Land, a satellite-based land monitoring system developed through ESA.