Aeolus - ESA's mission dedicated to winds, aerosols and clouds

<p>Learn more about ESA's youngest Earth Explorer, the first satellite mission to acquire profiles of Earth's winds on a global scale and vertical distribution of aerosols and clouds - the Aeolus mission - in our latest infographic:</p>

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ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission (SMOS) was the second Earth Explorer launched in 2009. Over 13 years on, having already vastly exceeded its predicted lifetime and initial objectives, the mission has been further extended until at least the end of 2025.

Overachieving SMOS mission primed for continued success

In this video, Tommaso Parrinello - Mission Manager of Aeolus and CryoSat - describes what is involved in managing the missions and the unique challenges offered by such innovative satellites.

CryoSat and Aeolus introduced by Tommaso Parrinello

We are pleased to inform the Swarm user community that the "Swarm DQW#12 Summary and Recommendation report" has been finalised and now published

Swarm DQW#12 Summary and Recommendation report published

A maintenance activity is scheduled for Earth Online on 30 March, which will take place from 07:30 to 16:30 UTC.

Maintenance on Earth Online on 30 March

Environmental data disseminated by ESA’s Earth observation programmes provide knowledge about the stresses on Earth’s soils – aiding many applications such as crop management, drought and flood forecasting, and ecosystem protection.

Remote Sensing data underpin research on Soil

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