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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....
EXPLORE MOREUpcoming workshops
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EXPLORE MOREDATA RELEASE NEWS
Improved CryoSat-2 dataset available on Swarm dissemination server
An updated dataset for magnetic measurements from CryoSat mission is available on Swarm dissemination server.…
Improved GRACE-FO dataset available on Swarm dissemination server
An updated dataset for magnetic measurements from GRACE-FO mission is available on Swarm dissemination server.…
Additional Swarm Langmuir probe Ion Drift, density and effective Mass dataset available
An additional Swarm Langmuir Probe Ion Drift, Density and Effective Mass (SLIDEM) dataset, with a 2 Hz cadence and baseline 0301, is now ava…
Additional Swarm EFI TII Raw And Corrected Imagery and Spectra (TRACIS) dataset available
Additional EFI TII Raw and Corrected Imagery and Spectra (TRACIS) data are now available on the Swarm dissemination server for all Swarm sat…
Success Stories
From archive to climate record: 40+ years of AVHRR
ESA's Heritage Space programme has delivered a major boost to climate research with a new, harmonised, 1 kilometre resolution dataset built …
Thematic SAR data collections fuel research across key regions
ESA has curated and released a series of off-the-shelf Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) data collections grouped by thematic domains. They off…
Chilean rock glaciers tracked in high resolution
Scientists have used the Pléiades Neo satellite constellation to monitor large tongue-shaped deposits of ice and debris as they creep down t…
EarthCARE spots birth of rare fire cloud over Europe
Climate change means wildfires are becoming a more common threat in Europe. Thanks to EarthCARE’s multispectral imager, we can track their w…
EVENTS AND PROCEEDINGS news
New EarthCARE Science seminar in October
A series of monthly science seminars are currently taking place, which cover the applications and science of ESA's EarthCARE mission. The se…
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…
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
EarthCARE Data Unavailability Due to Planned Orbit Manoeuvres – 8–11 September 2026
Due to planned maintenance, EarthCARE will perform four orbit manoeuvres resulting in no data being available…
EarthCARE Data Unavailability Due to Planned Orbit Manoeuvres – 1–4 September 2026
EarthCARE Data Unavailability Due to Planned Orbit Manoeuvres – 1–4 September 2026…
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…
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…
MAINTENANCE NEWS
Maintenance on ESA MAAP Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) on 28 October 2026
A scheduled infrastructure maintenance will take place on Wednesday, 28 October 2026, from 09:00 - 14:00 UTC (10:00 – 15:00 CET)…
Maintenance on ESA MAAP Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) - 23 October 2026
A scheduled maintenance will take place on ESA MAAP PAL on Friday 23 October 2026, from 08:00 to 09:00 UTC (10:00 – 11:00 CEST)…
Scheduled Maintenance – ESA MAAP Catalog on 20 October 2026
Scheduled maintenance of the ESA MAAP Catalog will take place on 20 October 2026, from 08:00 to 08:30 UTC (10:00–10:30 CEST).…
Maintenance on ESA MAAP Explorer on 20 October 2026
Scheduled maintenance of the ESA MAAP Explorer will take place on 20 October 2026, from 12:00 to 14:00 UTC (14:00–16:00 CEST).…