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European Space Agency

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Nov 17, 2025

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Episodes

Copernicus Sentinel-6B RollCall 17.11.2025

The pre-launch roll call for the launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-6B satellite at ESA's ESOC mission control centre

Sentinel-1D RollCall 04.11.2025

The pre-launch roll call for the launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite at ESA's ESOC mission control centre

Missions notes episode 1: The story of Cluster 21.10.2025

Seas of the Sun is a film about a bold science mission and the people who made it possible. Hosted by Space Rocks founder and producer and co-director on Seas of the Sun, this series was produced by Philip Wilding, and with music by Karlotta Skagfield. Missions notes episode 1: The story of Cluster, with co-director Ryan MackFall of Crashburn Studios and Cluster veteran Gill Watson of the Mullard...

Missions notes episode 2: The science of Cluster 21.10.2025

Seas of the Sun is a film about a bold science mission and the people who made it possible. Hosted by Space Rocks founder and producer and co-director on Seas of the Sun, this series was produced by Philip Wilding, and with music by Karlotta Skagfield. Missions notes episode 2: The science of Cluster, with Science Operations Support scientist Matt Taylor and Lucile Turc of the University of Helsin...

Missions notes episode 3: The sounds of Cluster 21.10.2025

Seas of the Sun is a film about a bold science mission and the people who made it possible. Hosted by Space Rocks founder and producer and co-director on Seas of the Sun, this series was produced by Philip Wilding, and with music by Karlotta Skagfield. Missions notes episode 3: The sounds of Cluster, with Seas of the Sun composer Karlotta Skagfield and data sonification contributors Klaus Nielsen...

EarthCARE data transformed into a dragon’s song for peace 23.06.2025

Launched in May 2024, ESA’s Earth Explorer EarthCARE mission has already been delivering remarkable data. Its four instruments have brought us groundbreaking insights into clouds, aerosols and Earth’s energy balance. The mission is being featured in an immersive installation called Hakuryu, which is Japanese for White Dragon, at the Living Planet Symposium in Vienna and here’s the accompanying son...

Sound of a Solar Storm: Radio Bursts from the Sun 20.06.2025

Every day, the Sun sends out bursts of energetic electrons into space. As these electrons collide with other charged particles, they produce radio waves—captured by the Radio and Plasma Waves (RPW) instrument on ESA’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft. This track is a sonification of one six-hour data segment from a five-year dataset compiled by a team at Radboud University and Paris Observatory. Each drop...

How will Copernicus Sentinel-4 improve air quality data? 20.05.2025

The Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, part of the European Union’s Earth Observation Programme, will monitor air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light spectrometer. The mission will be able to provide hourly observations, in a breakthrough for air quality monitoring from space. Giorgio Bagnasco, ESA's Sentinel-4 Project Manager

How will data from Sentinel-4 be used in practical applications? 20.05.2025

The Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, part of the European Union’s Earth Observation Programme, will monitor air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light spectrometer. The mission will be able to provide hourly observations, in a breakthrough for air quality monitoring from space. Giorgio Bagnasco, ESA's Sentinel-4 Project Manager

What is the role of the Copernicus Sentinel-4 spectrometer? 20.05.2025

The Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, part of the European Union’s Earth Observation Programme, will monitor air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light spectrometer. The mission will be able to provide hourly observations, in a breakthrough for air quality monitoring from space. Simonetta Cheli, ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes

Tell us more about ESA’s new Earth-Science strategy. 20.05.2025

Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) is the second satellite launch in the MTG constellation and is equipped with the Infrared Sounder instrument. It also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which monitors air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light (UVN) spectrometer. Simonetta Cheli, ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes

Will this have an impact on monitoring extreme weather events? 20.05.2025

Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) is the second satellite launch in the MTG constellation and is equipped with the Infrared Sounder instrument. It also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which monitors air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light (UVN) spectrometer. Simonetta Cheli, ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes

How does the MTG Sounder work from its orbit 36 000 km from Earth? 20.05.2025

Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) is the second satellite launch in the MTG constellation and is equipped with the Infrared Sounder instrument. It also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which monitors air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light (UVN) spectrometer. James Champion, ESA’s MTG Project Manager

How do we safely dispose of geostationary satellites? 20.05.2025

Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) is the second satellite launch in the MTG constellation and is equipped with the Infrared Sounder instrument. It also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which monitors air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light (UVN) spectrometer. Gareth Williams, Eumetsat, Head of Flight Operations

How are ESA’s missions supporting global action on climate change? 20.05.2025

Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) is the second satellite launch in the MTG constellation and is equipped with the Infrared Sounder instrument. It also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which monitors air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light (UVN) spectrometer. Simonetta Cheli, ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes

Why do we need the MTG Sounder? 20.05.2025

Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) is the second satellite launch in the MTG constellation and is equipped with the Infrared Sounder instrument. It also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which monitors air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light (UVN) spectrometer. James Champion, ESA’s MTG Project Manager

How will the infrared sounder on MTG-S1 change the way we forecast weather? 20.05.2025

Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) is the second satellite launch in the MTG constellation and is equipped with the Infrared Sounder instrument. It also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which monitors air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light (UVN) spectrometer. Simonetta Cheli, ESA’s Director of Earth Observation Programmes

What new capabilities do we see on MTG Sounder? 20.05.2025

Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) is the second satellite launch in the MTG constellation and is equipped with the Infrared Sounder instrument. It also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which monitors air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light (UVN) spectrometer. James Champion, ESA’s MTG Project Manager

How long will MTG-S1 be operational? 20.05.2025

Meteosat Third Generation Sounder-1 (MTG-S1) is the second satellite launch in the MTG constellation and is equipped with the Infrared Sounder instrument. It also carries the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission, which monitors air quality with its ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared light (UVN) spectrometer. Cristian Bank, Eumetsat Director of Programme Preparation and Development

BiomassRollCall 29.04.2025

GO! GO! GO! All stations reporting in at the European Space Agency's European Spacecraft Operations Centre before ESA's Biomass satellite is launched on 29 April 2025.

The sounds of BepiColombo’s sixth flight past Mercury 18.02.2025

Listen to the ESA/JAXA BepiColombo spacecraft as it flew past Mercury on 8 January 2025. This sixth and final flyby used the little planet's gravity to steer the spacecraft on course for entering orbit around Mercury in 2026. What you can hear in the sonification soundtrack of this video are real spacecraft vibrations measured by the Italian Spring Accelerometer (ISA) instrument. The accelerometer...

Cosmic Jingles: listen to Euclid’s image of a star nursery 17.01.2025

ESA's Euclid space telescope is creating the largest 3D-map ever made of our Universe, to study the most mysterious cosmic components: dark matter and dark energy. While scanning the sky, Euclid snapped a breathtaking image of Messier 78, a vibrant nursery of star formation. This audio is a sonification of the image, where the twinkling sounds represent the galaxies and stars in the frame. The ste...

Hear three years of solar fireworks 19.12.2024

The ESA-led Solar Orbiter mission has been keeping a close eye on the Sun for more than three years, witnessing it becoming increasingly active as it approaches the peak in the 11-year solar cycle. This audio is a sonification based on the detected flares and the spacecraft's distance to the Sun. This audio is a sonification based on the detected flares (metallic clinks) and the spacecraft's dista...

Proba-3 RollCall 05.12.2024

Proba-3 RollCall by European Space Agency

Sentinel-1C Roll Call 05.12.2024

The pre-launch roll call for the launch of the Copernicus Sentinel-1C satellite at ESA's ESOC mission control centre

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