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Latest Data Release News
New version release of Swarm Level 2 EEF data
An updated version of the Swarm Level 2 product Equatorial Electric Field (EEF) v0304 is now available on Swarm dissemination server....
Global glacier mass change data now available from CryoSat
Measuring glacier mass changes from space is more accurate and comprehensive thanks to the CryoTEMPO-EOLIS CryoSat swath data products, whic...
CryoSat Ice Baseline-E Reprocessed Data - Update
Previously, quality checks of the Ice Baseline-E reprocessing products observed a discrepancy in the metadata of products with incremented v...
New release of TII Raw And Corrected Imagery Spectra dataset
An updated version of the TII Raw And Corrected Imagery / Spectra dataset (TRACIS version 0201) at low resolution (TISL1B) and high resoluti...
Success Stories
ESA supports calibration and validation of space data for New Space
As New Space providers expand the global offering of remote sensing data, there is an elevated need for harmonisation in calibration and val...
Rome supersite helps validate atmospheric space data
In the sprawling, urban area of Rome, where atmospheric composition is impacted by complex coastal weather and pollution, ESA supports a pow...
ESA Earth observation archives preserved in Arctic vault
ESA has added to its store of Earth observation records housed in a secure vault in the Norwegian Arctic, ensuring that knowledge from a cru...
New CryoSat data to boost understanding of the oceans
A new CryoSat sea level anomaly product designed to enable ocean science and the development of operational marine applications has been rel...
Spotlight on EO Community News
An overview of the SMOS mission
In this video, Klaus Scipal - Biomass and SMOS Mission Manager - talks about ESA's Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission....
Meet the Quality Assurance for EO Team
The Quality Assurance For Earth Observation (also known as QA4EO) Service began its operations on 1 November 2019, providing support to the ...
An overview of the Biomass mission
In this video, Klaus Scipal - Biomass and SMOS Mission Manager - talks about ESA's upcoming Biomass mission....
Introducing the Biomass and SMOS Mission Manager
In this video, Klaus Scipal describes his role as Mission Manager of Biomass and SMOS, and what he enjoys about his involvement with these d...
Operational News
CryoSat Orbit under Investigation
A difference has been noticed between CryoSat predicted and actual orbits....
Restored nominal L1B attitude and magnetic data quality and patched MAG-L dataset available on dissharm
Following-up on the recent communications about degraded attitude and magnetic data on Swarm L1B dataset starting from October and December ...
Issue with B_NEC magnetic L1B data on all three Swarm spacecraft
We inform Swarm users that an issue has been detected in the L1B data processing chain since the production of 24 June 2023, when a processi...
Degradation of Swarm L1B attitude data on all three spacecraft
We inform all Swarm users that a degradation of attitude data for all Swarm satellites has been identified in the L1B data generated during ...
Maintenance News
Maintenance on Earth Online on 28 September
The Earth Online website will be unavailable on 28 September, from 07:00 to 11:30 UTC....
ESA EO Services - maintenance on 26 September 2023
A software maintenance has been scheduled on Tuesday, 26 September 2023 from 08:00 to 14:00 UTC....
Maintenance on EO websites on 22 September
A maintenance activity is scheduled for several EO websites on 22 September....
ESA EO-CAT Catalogue - Maintenance on 21 September 2023
A Software maintenance activity affecting the ESA EO-CAT Catalogue has been planned on Thursday 21 September 2023, from 07:00 to 10:00 UTC. ...
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