ESA highlights Smile aurora and EarthCARE aerosols in weekly image selection
ESA’s image selection highlights an auroral substorm, volcanic aerosols and a radar view of seas affected by Typhoon Surigae.
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ESA’s image selection highlights an auroral substorm, volcanic aerosols and a radar view of seas affected by Typhoon Surigae.
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The two organisations say interference could affect the observations behind forecasts and early warnings as they release a new spectrum handbook.
The spacecraft passed 8,640 km above the Indian Ocean, using Earth’s gravity to change its course while saving propellant for Jupiter.
ECO, Keystone and CryoRad are advancing to further study. ESA plans to choose one for Earth Explorer 12, with launch expected around 2036.
A newly published IRIDE satellite image shows Venice’s canals, boat trails and salt marshes. ESA says more satellites are due to join the Italian constellation on 1 October.
ESA is holding a creative competition to mark BepiColombo’s planned arrival at Mercury. One winner will be able to follow that milestone on 9 December from the control centre in Darmstadt.
The onboard computer for the Ramses asteroid mission has been switched on together with connected systems for the first time. This marks a step by the assembly team towards the planned launch in 2028, needed to rendezvous with the asteroid Apophis around its flyby of Earth.
The European space probe Hera is expected to arrive in November 2026 at Dimorphos, the asteroid struck by NASA’s DART in 2022. The mission is intended to establish how much the collision changed the small celestial body.