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"The world's biggest iceberg is on the move after more than 30 years being stuck to the ocean floor."

A23a: World's biggest iceberg on the move after 30 years

A giant ice block more than twice the size of Greater London is on the move, years after its formation.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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More A23a news, and Cryosat-2 gets a credit.

A23a: Monster iceberg just shy of a trillion tonnes

Scientists use a radar satellite to take a "tape measure" to the world's biggest block of ice.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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More iceberg news.

A23a: Spectacular arches, caves as monster iceberg decays

The world's biggest iceberg, A23a, is experiencing rapid decay as it moves through the Southern Ocean.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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A23a not melting as fast as it was...

A23a: Colossal iceberg stuck spinning in ocean trap

A frozen block of ice far bigger than Greater London is captured in a vast pool of rotating water.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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Watch Sentinel-2C launch live on the final Vega rocket

Owing to electrical issues, the VV24 Vega launch with Copernicus Sentinel-2C planned for 4 September was postponed. Arianespace has confirmed a new launch attempt for 5 September at 03:50 CEST (4 September 22:50 local time in French Guiana). The launcher and its passenger, the Copernicus...

www.esa.int

EDiT: pushed back 24H due to ground electrical problem.

 

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Another Sentinel going up.

ESA Web TV

 

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A23a is still out there...

A23a: Giant iceberg on collision course with island - penguins and seals in danger

More than twice the size of greater London, the expanse of ice is unpredictable and dangerous.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

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A23a has grounded, penguins and seals still in danger.

A23a: World's biggest iceberg runs aground off remote island

The iceberg appears to be stuck and may start breaking up near the island of South Georgia.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Urwumpe]

Lets see how long it lasts now in warmer waters and grounded, sure not another 40 years. Its sure also not bad to have lots of nutrients at the beginning of the food chain nearby for the penguins and seals....

 

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Some ancient iceberg news.

Iceberg tracks found off UK coast could shed light on Antarctica

Deep tracks gouged in the seafloor off the coast of Scotland could help us understand Antarctica today.

www.bbc.co.uk

I could probably see them from my house...

 

[Arvil]

Unless your house was in it.

 

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A European satellite designed to augment both weather monitoring and assessments of air quality and pollution for Europe and North Africa is preparing to take flight from Florida on Tuesday evening.

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will loft the Meteosat Third Generation Sounder (MTG-S1) satellite into a geosynchronous transfer orbit, setting the spacecraft up to operate in a geostationary Earth orbit, roughly 36,000 km (~22,369 mi) above the equator.
In addition to its Infrared Sounder instrument, the spacecraft also hosts the European Union’s Copernicus Sentinel-4 mission.

The mission is set to liftoff from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center at 5:03 p.m. EDT (2103 UTC) on Tuesday, July 1.

 

[Urwumpe]

Yes, will be a very interesting mission, since it is especially designed to provide better data on extreme weather events, especially thunderstorms, while they happen, measuring the temperature profile of the atmosphere in 3D every 30 seconds.

 

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ESA Launches Sentinel-1D on Ariane 6 from French Guiana​

 

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SpaceX launched a joint NASA-European environmental research satellite early Monday, the second in an ongoing billion-dollar project to measure long-term changes in sea level, a key indicator of climate change.

The first satellite, known as Sentinel-6 and named in honor of NASA climate researcher Michael Freilich, was launched in November 2020. The follow-on spacecraft, Sentinel-6B, was launched from California atop a Falcon 9 rocket at 12:21 a.m. EST

More info on Sentinel 6.
https://spaceflightnow.com/2025/11/17/spacex-launches-joint-nasa-european-sea-level-monitor/

Nice shot of deployment over Madagascar.

 

[GLS]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2009531379441098973

 

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Iceberg A23A in the news again. Hollywood status soon.

This iceberg was once the biggest in the world. Now it has just weeks left - BBC News

A23a was once twice the size of Greater London but now its 40-year journey is coming to an end.

www.bbc.co.uk