An overview of the GEOSAT-2 high-resolution mission

<p>The GEOSAT series consists of two very high-resolution satellites, capable of acquiring sub-metric multispectral images. The missions are part of ESA's Third Party Missions programme, and GEOSAT-2 is summarised in our latest infographic.</p>

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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: the GEOSAT-2 Spain Coverage collection.

Geosat-2 Spain coverage new collection open for users

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.

Change of access to FTP-S for ERS and Envisat Radar Altimeter data

A maintenance activity is scheduled for Earth Online on 30 November, from 07:30 to 15:30 UTC.

Maintenance on Earth Online on 30 November

14 years of reprocessed SMOS Freeze/Thaw soil status products are now available from the SMOS dissemination service

14 years of reprocessed SMOS Freeze/Thaw soil status products are 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 GHz brightness temperatures previously developed for the Arctic, with only modified auxiliary data. The product is available in the cold season during the freezing period, typically March to October for the Southern Hemisphere.