The Beyond the Visible Summer School explores how Earth observation (EO) and artificial intelligence (AI) are transforming the way societies understand and manage terrestrial resources. Across land, water, food, energy, and global supply chains, decision-makers face increasing pressure to respond to environmental and economic change under uncertainty. Advances in EO data and AI-driven analytics are …
Background ESA invites you to its first EarthCARE MAAP Hackathon! EarthCARE — Earth Cloud, Aerosol and Radiation Explorer — is a joint satellite mission by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA). It is the sixth mission selected under ESA’s Earth Explorer Programme and was launched on 28 May 2024. By the time of the Hackathon, …
This PolInSAR course is an online, hands-on training programme that aims to develop an understanding of the information content of multi-parameter SAR data in an interactive way, without assuming any prior/background knowledge – though some knowledge in Python programming is welcome. It is organised into 11 sessions over 11 weeks, with lectures and tutorials ranging from SAR …
Hyperspectral satellite PRISMA (Precursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa) is an Earth Observation satellite launched by the Italian Space Agency (ASI). This satellite has a spatial resolution of 30 × 30 m and 230 bands in the visible, NIR, and SWIR regions (400-2500 nm). The satellite’s data acquisition capability is particularly useful for monitoring crop phenology, …
Background The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising the 8th ESA Advanced Course on Radar Polarimetry for training the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists in dual and full polarimetric data for science and applications development The course is part of ESA’s EO Science for Society – the Scientific Exploitation element of EOEP-5 (the fifth cycle of …
On 22 January 2026, the Italian Italian Embassy in Prague organised with ESA a special educational session introducing Czech students to Earth Observation (EO) from space, with lectures delivered by experts from ESA’s ESRIN centre in Frascati, Italy. The interactive event, hosted by the Italian Cultural Institute in Prague, gathered students and teachers from the …
This post contains educational materials from the event ESA’s 2025 Big Data Foundations for Earth Observation training course held in Riga, Latvia, from September 22-26, 2025. Access specific videos (click on ), presentation slides (click on ), and exercise data (click on ) from the sessions here below, or download all the theory slides, practical …
Background The European Space Agency (ESA) is organising an Advanced Training Course on Land Remote Sensing with the focus on Agriculture in collaboration with the University of Thessaloniki. This course is dedicated to train the next generation of Earth Observation (EO) scientists and experts, working in the domain of agriculture, in using data from Copernicus Sentinels and other satellite …
Background The European Space Agency is organising a five-day Big Data Foundations for Earth Observation training course, taking place in Riga, Latvia. The course will offer a foundational exploration of the technologies, workflows, and business applications shaping the Earth Observation (EO) data landscape. Running from 22 to 26 September 2025, it provides a practical springboard …
Background The Living Planet Symposium 2025 (LPS25) is the latest in ESA’s triennial series of global events on Earth observation. Held every three years, these symposia have grown in both size and scope, focusing on key environmental issues. In response to the intensifying climate crisis, LPS25 will center on the theme of moving “from observation …
