ESA - European Space Agency

Oct 07 2024 158 ep. 8 mins 2.3k

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Hera pre-launch Roll Call

Oct 07 2024 1 mins

Hera pre-launch Roll Call by European Space Agency

Sentinel-2C RollCall

Sep 04 2024 1 mins

All stations reporting in at the European Space Agency's European Spacecraft Operations Centre prior to the launch of the EU Copernicus Sentinel-2C Earth observation satellite on 5 September 2024.

EarthCARE RollCall

EarthCARE Operations Director, Jose Morales, completes the final GO/NO GO RollCall before ESA's cloud and aerosol mission is launched from Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on 29 May 2024. Mission Control is GO for launch.

The sound of the wind from space

Jul 14 2023 28 mins

ESA’s Earth Explorer Aeolus satellite was launched in August 2018 on a trailblazing mission to show how profiling Earth’s winds from space can improve weather forecasts and climate models. Marking the end of Aeolus’ remarkable mission, ESA worked with composer Jamie Perera to create a woodwind piece from data that spanned the lifetime of the satellite’s life in orbit around

Euclid RollCall

Euclid Operations Director, Andreas Rudolph, completes the final GO/NO GO RollCall before ESA's cosmic detective is launched from Cape Canaveral on 1 July, to discover the secrets of the dark Universe. Mission Control is GO for launch.

Sound of a Juice boom deploying

Listen to the eerie sound of a boom on board ESA’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) spacecraft deploying in space during commissioning of the spacecraft in May 2023. Tip: use headphones or surround speakers for the best experience – the forward and backward wobbles of the boom come through the left and right channels. The vibration signal used to create the sound came

Juice RollCall

Juice Operations Director, Andrea Accomazzo, completes the final GO/NO GO RollCall before ESA's Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer lifts-off on an Ariane 5 from Europe's Spaceport in Kourou on 14 April. Mission Control is GO for launch.

Sound of the Hunga Tonga Volcanic Eruption

Jan 15 2023 3 mins

One year ago, the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcano erupted, causing widespread destruction to the Pacific Island Nation of Tonga. It spewed volcanic material up to 58 km into the atmosphere, brought a nearly 15 m tsunami that crashed ashore, destroying villages, and created a sonic boom that rippled around the world – twice. Even one year on, interest in the extraordinary ex

The scary sound of Earth’s magnetic field

Oct 23 2022 5 mins

Despite being essential to life on Earth, the magnetic field isn’t something we can actually see in itself, or ever hear. But, remarkably, scientists at the Technical University of Denmark have taken magnetic signals measured by ESA’s Swarm satellite mission and converted them into sound – and for something that protects us, the result is pretty scary. Sound design & concept:

What is the duration of the MTG mission?

Voice of Alexander Schmid, Eumetsat Programme Manager