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Latest Data Release News
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...
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....
FDR4ALT - ESA unveils new cutting-edge ERS/Envisat Altimeter and Microwave Radiometer Datasets
The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a comprehensive suite of innovative Earth system data records as part of the Fundamental Data ...
Success Stories
How scientists are unlocking the potential of SAOCOM
A team of scientists has drawn on SAOCOM data to measure the heights of forests in Argentina, marking the first time that tree canopies have...
Magnetic magic: 10 reasons to be excited about Swarm
In November 2023, Swarm celebrated an impressive ten years in orbit. In that time, ESA’s magnetic mission has honed in on all sorts of myste...
Trailblazing ERS-2 mission enables climate change applications
As ESA’s ERS-2 satellite approaches Earth’s atmosphere for reentry, it’s time to reflect on the mission’s great achievements in powering cli...
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...
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
Transition from FTP to FTPS for SMOS, Aeolus and Campaign data dissemination systems
As of 15 April 2024 access to the SMOS, Aeolus and Campaign data will be changed from simple FTP to FTPS....
SMOS data distribution resumed
SMOS data distribution to end users was resumed on 12 March 2024 after confirmation of the adequate quality of the current data....
SMOS data outage since 22 February 2024
SMOS went into safe mode on 22 February 2024 at 05:10 UTC for reasons that are still under investigation....
Announcement for CryoSat Quaternions Product users
CryoSat users who use the Quaternions Products should be aware that the method to access these products is changing....
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...
Maintenance on Earth Online on 20 February
A maintenance activity is scheduled on Earth Online from 08:00 to 14:00 UTC on 20 February....