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Stay informed on the latest European Space Agency (ESA) Earth Observation updates, including new data releases, satellite mission insights, and upcoming conferences, workshops, and training courses supported by ESA.
Upcoming conferences
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EXPLORE MOREAnnouncement of Opportunities News
Find out about the latest changes to deadlines for ESA announcements of opportunity....
EXPLORE MORESpotlight on EO Community
In a series of interviews, meet scientists who use ESA EO data in their research, experts in the community, and ESA teams who manage the missions....
EXPLORE MOREUpcoming workshops
Learn about Earth observation workshops organized or supported by ESA, designed to address satellite related topics....
EXPLORE MOREUpcoming trainings
Discover ESA's training courses, offering essential skills and knowledge for effective data utilization....
EXPLORE MOREDATA RELEASE NEWS
Additional EFI TII Cross Track Flow dataset 0302 available for Swarm
Additional TII cross-track flow data is now available on the Swarm dissemination server for all the Swarm satellites....
Additional EFI TII Raw And Corrected Imagery and Spectra (TRACIS) dataset 0201 available for Swarm
Additional EFI TII Raw And Corrected Imagery and Spectra (TRACIS) data is now available on the Swarm dissemination server for all the Swarm ...
Additional Swarm Langmuir probe Ion Drift, density and effective Mass dataset 0201 available for Swarm
Additional Swarm Langmuir probe Ion Drift, density and effective Mass (SLIDEM) dataset at 2 Hz cadence, baseline 0201, is now available on t...
L1B orbit, attitude and magnetic field data: partial reprocessing campaign completed
The reprocessing of Swarm L1B obit, attitude and magnetic field data carried out to replace the degraded data for the time period from Octob...
Success Stories
Heritage data provide insight into Alpine landslides
Using radar data from ESA’s Envisat, ERS and Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites, scientists have shown how satellite radar interferometry can ...
Beyond cloud nine: 10 reasons to be excited about EarthCARE
With the launch of EarthCARE, ESA’s most complex Earth Explorer satellite yet, clouds, aerosols and radiation are about to become a whole lo...
Improving air quality monitoring with inter-agency cooperation
As urban area’s expand, our planet grapples with a relentless environmental challenge: air pollution. Remote sensing satellites play a criti...
Ten years of Swarm data help reveal processes in Earth’s core
The tenth birthday of ESA’s three-satellite Swarm constellation has been a game changer for research into Earth’s magnetic field and core dy...
EVENTS AND PROCEEDINGS news
Swarm DISC Seventh Open Call for Ideas published
Swarm DISC has published the Seventh Open Call for Ideas for "New data products, tools, and services" for Swarm....
Featuring the power of Earth observation data at EGU
The European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024 brings together geoscientists from all over the world, aiming to provide a forum where ...
Celebrating ESA’s first small satellite with science success
Scientists and data users gathered at a special workshop to celebrate the end of PROBA-1’s CHRIS sensor and discuss the results of this over...
Highlighting the value of SMOS data in space weather applications
Data from ESA’s SMOS mission are driving many space weather applications, ranging from air navigation, characterisation of solar flares, spa...
OPERATIONAL NEWS
Transition from FTP to FTPS for GOSAT data dissemination system - Reminder
With the aim of improving security in ESA dissemination systems, access to the GOSAT data will be changed from simple FTP to FTPS...
Swarm L1B ORBATT and MAGNET operational processor updated
On 5 June 2024 an improved version for L1B ORBATT and MAGNET Operational Processors has been transferred into operation....
Transition from FTP to FTPS for GOSAT data dissemination system
With the aim of improving security in ESA dissemination systems, as of 20 June 2024 access to the GOSAT data will be changed from simple FTP...
GOSAT-2 FTS-2 observations suspended from 10 to 31 May 2024
Due to an upcoming inclination control manoeuvre to be conducted by JAXA on the GOSAT-2 satellite, the FTS-2 sensor observations will be sus...
MAINTENANCE NEWS
GEOSAT-2 Spain Coverage maintenance on dissemination service from 13-15 March 2024
A software maintenance activity has been scheduled between 13 and 15 March for both of the GEOSAT Spain Coverage data collections....
EO-CAT software maintenance - 14 March 2024
A scheduled software maintenance will affect ESA’s Earth Observation Data Catalogue EO-CAT on Thursday 14 March 2024 from 08:00 to 11:00 UTC...
CryoSat CalVal server downtime on 27 February 2024
Due to routine maintenance activities on 27 February 2024, between 08:00-10:00 UTC, the distribution of CryoSat L0 products and AUX files ma...