European Space Week, 3-9 November 2017, Tallinn, Estonia
The European Space Week 2017 will bring together the most important space stakeholders pushing the topic of space in Europe.
Spain requested the activation of the EU Copernicus Emergency service, and maps can be found here:
EMSR248: Forest Fires in Castilla y León region, Spain
http://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/list-of-components/EMSR248
Ireland requested Copernicus emergency mapping to help scale the damage.
Maps will be available soon: http://emergency.copernicus.eu/mapping/list-of-components/EMSR249
Meet our latest Sentinel family member – Copernicus Sentinel-5P, that has successfully reached its orbit October 13th.
Copernicus Sentinel-5P fact box (P stands for Precursor):
- It is an element of the Copernicus Space Component. It will provide reliable and timely information about the Earth’s atmospheric composition
- Launch date: October 13th, 2017
- It will measure globally the levels of the following key trace gases - Ozone (O3), Sulfur Dioxide (SO2), Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2), Carbon Monoxide (NO), Methane (CH4) and Formaldehyde (HCHO) – as well as aerosols in the Earth’s atmosphere
- It carries the TROPOMI spectrometer, developed in the Netherlands, while the satellite was built in the UK
- Copernicus Sentinel-5 Precursor is a gap filler mission aiming to provide data continuity until the launch of Sentinel-5, the dedicated atmospheric Copernicus mission, scheduled for launch in 2021
