The COSMO-SkyMed series - Two generations of SAR satellites

Learn about the COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation) series in our latest infographic. The COSMO-SkyMed missions are owned by ASI (the Italian Space Agency) and are part of ESA’s Third Party Missions programme.

 

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MOS-1/1B MESSR (Multi-spectral Electronic Self-Scanning Radiometer) and VTIR (Visible and Thermal Infrared Radiometer) level 1 data products are now available via the ESA Heritage Missions Dissemination System.

MOS-1/1B MESSR and VTIR data products now available

Even apparently stable glaciers in Antarctica are at risk of losing large quantities of ice due to warming seas. The warning comes after satellite data showed the Cadman glacier – previously stable for 50 years - retreated by 8 km between November 2018 and May 2021.

CryoSat land ice data track destabilisation of Antarctic glacier

The Heritage Data Visualisation tool, or HEDAVI, enables the analysis of global spatio-temporal dynamics of natural and artificial environments, covering over 40 years of ESA Earth Observation Heritage data, Third Party Missions and some Copernicus data.

Discover Earth like never before: the HEDAVI tool

A difference that was noticed between CryoSat predicted and actual orbits has now been mitigated.

CryoSat Orbit Investigation – Update

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.