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CarbonARA: International Climate Science Team Launches Groundbreaking Campaign in the Amazon

Posted on: 2 October, 2025 Last updated on: 2 October, 2025 Written by: fp86 Categorized in: News

European Space Agency (ESA) has launched the CarbonARA project, led by the Earth Observation and Wildfire Research Group and the National Centre for Earth Observation (NCEO) at King’s College London. CarbonARA brings together a skilled, interdisciplinary team of UK, European, and Brazilian partners to deliver an ambitious field campaign in the eastern Amazon.

MicroCarb Delivers First Observations from Space

Posted on: 18 September, 2025 Last updated on: 2 October, 2025 Written by: Tara Thompson Categorized in: News

Launched on July 25, the MicroCarb satellite has successfully carried out its first Earth observations on August 28. The initial data were collected over the Amazon Basin — a priority region for the mission due to its key role in the global carbon cycle and the limited coverage of ground-based CO₂ monitoring stations.

MetOp-SG-A1 – New ESA Satellite to Boost Climate and Weather Monitoring to Launch

Posted on: 12 August, 2025 Last updated on: 16 September, 2025 Written by: fp86 Categorized in: News

Today an ESA Ariane 6 rocket will launch MetOp-SG-A1 the first of a new generation of EUMETSAT satellites into a polar orbit around 820 km above the Earth’s surface. The satellite will circle the globe each day, gathering detailed information to support climate science, environmental monitoring and weather forecasting.

MicroCarb Launches–New Carbon Monitoring Mission Showcases NCEO Expertise

Posted on: 28 July, 2025 Last updated on: 28 July, 2025 Written by: fp86 Categorized in: News

A new satellite designed to monitor atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) with key contributions from UK scientists at NCEO has successfully launched

MTG-S1 and Sentinel-4 Missions Launch

Posted on: 1 July, 2025 Last updated on: 14 July, 2025 Written by: fp86 Categorized in: News

The next Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellite and the first instrument of the Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission are due to launch today from Cape Canaveral, Florida, US. Expected time of launch 22:03 BST.