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Latest Data Release News
MOS-1/1B MESSR and VTIR data products now available
MOS-1/1B MESSR (Multi-spectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer) and VTIR (Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer) level 1 data products...
GEOSAT-2 Spain coverage new collection open for users
In the framework of ESA’s Earthnet Third Party Missions programme, we are glad to announce that there is a new collection open for users: th...
New version v206 of the SMOS-CryoSat level 4 sea ice thickness product is now available
The new version 206 of the merged SMOS-CryoSat level 4 sea ice thickness product is now available on the SMOS data dissemination service....
Experimental version of SMOS Antarctic Sea ice thickness product is now available
The experimental version of SMOS Antarctic Sea ice thickness product was produced using a method to derive the sea-ice thickness from 1.4 GH...
Success Stories
How to use space data to probe humankind’s ancient past
Data disseminated by ESA’s Third Party Missions (TPM) programme are enabling archaeological investigations that could help to unravel the my...
CryoSat land ice data track destabilisation of Antarctic glacier
Even apparently stable glaciers in Antarctica are at risk of losing large quantities of ice due to warming seas. The warning comes after sat...
Discover Earth like never before: the HEDAVI tool
The Heritage Data Visualisation tool, or HEDAVI, enables the analysis of global spatio-temporal dynamics of natural and artificial environme...
CryoSat safe and sound
A fuel leak aboard the CryoSat satellite threatened to bring the mission to an end in 2025 however operators at ESOC initiated a swap to a b...
Spotlight on EO Community News
Introducing the Earth Observation Principal Investigators Team
Third Party Missions (TPMs) are Earth Observation (EO) missions that are owned or operated by other agencies. ESA has an agreement with thes...
An overview of the EarthCARE mission
In this video, meet Björn Frommknecht, Mission Manager of ESA's upcoming EarthCARE satellite....
Introducing the EarthCARE Mission Manager
In this video, Björn Frommknecht describes his role as Mission Manager of EarthCARE, and what he enjoys most about his involvement with this...
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....
Operational News
Update for the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor configuration
An updated configuration of the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor was deployed at the IFREMER and ESA operational ground ...
CryoSat Orbit Investigation – Update
A difference that was noticed between CryoSat predicted and actual orbits has now been mitigated....
Change of access to FTP-S for ERS and Envisat Radar Altimeter data
As of 29 November 2023, access to the ERS-1/2 and Envisat Radar Altimeter data will be changed from simple FTP to FTP-S....
Missing FAST and OPER productions on Swarm dissemination server
Due to an issue registered in the L1B data processing chain, the FAST L1B products covering from 18 November 2023 onwards, the OPER standard...
Maintenance News
ESA EO Services - maintenance on 28 November 2023
Due to a scheduled software maintenance on Tuesday, 28 November 2023 from 09:00 to 15:00 UTC,...
ESA Data Dissemination Maintenance – 23 November 2023
A software maintenance activity will affect ESA’s ERS and Envisat (A)SAR data dissemination service on Thursday 23 November 2023....
ESA outbound email system issue on 06 November 2023
An issue has arisen with the ESA outbound email system which means that users may not receive notifications, including replies from TellUS....
ESA EO Dissemination Services - Maintenance on 06 November 2023
Due to software maintenance on 06 November, several ESA Earth Observation data dissemination platforms will be unavailable....