
Copernical Team
Comet Interceptor approved for construction

ESA’s Comet Interceptor mission to visit a pristine comet or other interstellar object just starting its journey into the inner Solar System has been ‘adopted’ this week; the study phase is complete and, following selection of the spacecraft prime contractor, work will soon begin to build the mission.
Charting sea level from space

Satellite images of our planet have become essential to our survival, offering a new outlook of our world. With rising seas being one of the biggest threats to society, satellite altimeter missions such as Copernicus Sentinel-6 are essential in monitoring global and regional changes in sea level.
Unbeknown to many, the island of Crete, Greece, plays an important role in the Copernicus satellite altimetry constellation and on an international stage. Satellite altimetry data have to be continuously monitored at the ESA’s Permanent Facility for Altimetry Calibration where different techniques have pioneered the use of transponders to provide the
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Cosmological gravitational waves: A new approach to reach back to the Big Bang

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Why does the Moon look close some nights and far away on other nights?

A mathematical tool to help understand fractal structure of quark-gluon plasma

SCOUT and LEOcloud collaborate on next gen space domain awareness services

SmartSat buys EOS Space Systems to advance its CHORUS tactical satellite terminals
