The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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Lake Tanganyika, the world’s longest freshwater lake, is highlighted in this Envisat image, acquired on 4 September 2006 by its Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS) instrument. Located in Central Africa on the borders of Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Zambia and Burundi, Lake Tanganyika stretches approximately 676 km long and 50 km wide.