Introducing ESA's Satellite Stories

The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched a new educational platform designed to explain the vital role that satellites and Earth observation play in advancing Earth science, combating climate change, and driving scientific research and technological innovation.

Edukeo uses Lobelia’s Globe Story Engine and TeroMaps framework to create immersive, interactive stories. These stories are brought to life through maps, video, animations, interactive graphics, and other engaging media. The platform is structured into chapters, each telling a unique story drawn from ESA’s Science for Society programme.

The platform has launched with four key chapters:

• Digital Twin Antarctica - created using satellite imagery and other observed data the DTA is a simulated model that allows scientists to explore Antarctica from anywhere in the world.
• Coastal Erosion - how satellite data can be used to track sea-level rise and fight coastal erosion around the world.
• Hydrology - how a Digital Twin Earth uses satellite data to understand how climate change is affecting the water cycle and leads to increased floods and droughts.
• Food Security and Crop Mapping - how mapping crops with earth observation can help to secure global food security.

These four stories are only the beginning. In the future many more stories will be added to edukeo. Edukeo represents a long-term commitment by ESA to foster greater awareness, accessibility, and engagement with Earth science, making complex topics understandable and relevant to everyday life. Each new chapter will explore a different aspect of how space-based technologies and Earth observation contribute to understanding our planet and solving global challenges.