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Upcoming conferences
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EXPLORE MOREAnnouncement of Opportunities News
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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....
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EXPLORE MOREDATA RELEASE NEWS
FDR4ATMOS releases Atmospheric Composition Fundamental Data Record v1.1 from ERS-2 GOME & Envisat SCIAMACHY data
A new version (v1.1) of the FDR4ATMOS Atmospheric Composition Fundamental Data Record (FDR) dataset has been released, superseding the previ…
New GRACE-FO Magnetometer Calibration available on the Swarm Dissemination Server
A new dataset is available on the Swarm dissemination server for GRACE-FO magnetic measurements, with a new calibration for the platform mag…
New Aeolus magnetic measurements published on Swarm Dissemination Server
A new dataset is available on the Swarm dissemination server for magnetic measurements, derived from the Aeolus platform magnetometer.…
New Cryosat-2 Magnetometer Baseline at 1 Hz available on the Swarm Dissemination Server
We are pleased to inform you that the new baseline (0402) for Cryosat-2 magnetometer data has been published on Swarm dissemination server.…
Success Stories
Swarm helps reveal the iron architecture of Earth's deep interior
A new study combining cutting-edge laboratory experiments with geomagnetic data from ESA's Swarm satellites has mapped the distribution of i…
Smoke and mirrors: how EarthCARE identifies aerosols and clouds
Earth’s atmosphere is full of aerosols, and it’s important to be able to identify them.…
SMOS powers tool for monitoring long-term droughts
As climate change drives drier and hotter conditions, scientists have used SMOS data to build a soil moisture index that could serve as a to…
CryoSat helps uncover rapid melting beneath Antarctica’s ice shelves
Scientists have combined CryoSat data with a high resolution digital elevation model to reveal that melting on the underside of Antarctica’s…
EVENTS AND PROCEEDINGS news
EarthCARE science in Oxford: clouds, aerosols, radiation, and dragons
The historic halls of Oxford reverberated with the sounds of EarthCARE data this June, as a trailblazing community of scientists gathered to…
Join an EarthCARE Science Seminar in June
A series of monthly science seminars are currently taking place, which cover the applications and science of ESA's EarthCARE mission. The se…
Aeolus comes home to forge a lasting lidar legacy
The islands of Aeolia, the home of Aeolus, keeper of the winds in Greek mythology, were a fitting location to explore the legacy of the Euro…
ESA’s 2026 EarthCARE MAAP Hackathon
You are invited to the first EarthCARE MAAP Hackathon!
SPOTLIGHT ON EO COMMUNITY
Earth observation community spotlight: Saturnalia
Italy-based Saturnalia is a geospatial intelligence company that harnesses the power of Earth observation data to improve decision-making an…
Experts revisit breakthrough moment for methane monitoring
In 2024 scientists reported how GHGSat enabled the detection of methane escaping from a faulty pipe in the UK county of Gloucestershire, rep…
How FDR4LDYN is creating decades-long land dynamics data record
The Fundamental Data Record for Land Dynamics (FDR4LDYN) project aims to build a long-term, analysis-ready data record based on radar backsc…
Meet Nils Olsen, head of the Swarm DISC, and winner of prestigious EGU award
A highly distinguished career was rewarded at EGU 2025, when Nils Olsen, head of the Swarm DISC and Professor and Head of Geomagnetism and G…
OPERATIONAL NEWS
Temporary unavailability of Swarm EFI 16Hz FP plasma densities and TII cross track data
Due to an issue in the external data distribution, the dissemination of Swarm EFI data product for 16 Hz Faceplate Plasma density (SW_EXTD_E…
Swarm Alpha and Charlie minor orbit raise campaign starting on 21 July 2026 - Potential impact on data quality
After more than 12 years of operations, the Swarm constellation continues to provide multi-point measurements of Earth’s magnetic field and …
EarthCARE CPR anomaly resolved
Following the anomaly with the Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) onboard EarthCARE that occurred on 12 June 2026, it has been confirmed that CPR i…
Temporary closure of Third Party Mission ESA archive data collections
Access to a number of data collections in ESA’s Third Party Missions (TPM) programme will be temporarily suspended on 30 June.…
MAINTENANCE NEWS
Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Catalogue and Explorer for the FLEX data collection
Please be advised that the ESA MAAP Catalog and Explorer services for the FLEX data collection are currently undergoing maintenance due to o…
Scheduled Maintenance Notice - ESA MAAP Catalogue and Data Access services - 30 July 2026
To improve the Catalogue and Data Access performance, reliability and availability, a scheduled maintenance will be performed on 30 July 202…
Scheduled Maintenance Notice - ESA MAAP Explorer service - 30 July 2026
To improve the Explorer reliability, availability and security, a scheduled maintenance activity will be performed on Thursday 30 July 2026 …
ESA EO Services Scheduled Maintenance on 21 July 2026
Due to a scheduled software maintenance on 21 July 2026, from 08:00 to 14:00 UTC, a short downtime may be experienced on the following ESA E…