- All Categories
- Data
- News
- Missions
- Events
- Tools
- Activities
- Instruments
- Campaigns
- Documents
General news
Discover the latest news on the European Space Agency's Earth Observation activities. Learn all about new data availability and how ESA's missions are performing.
News - General News
16 May 2023Big ambitions as Swarm mission soars on
For nearly a decade ESA’s magnetic field mission has taken us on a journey from Earth’s core to the magnetosphere, and almost everything in between.
News - General News
15 May 2023Swarm DISC pre-study 5.2 finalized
The Swarm DISC pre-study 5.2 is finalized and the report has been published.
News - General News
27 Apr 2023CryoSat data users - We need your feedback!
The CryoSat Quality Control (QC) team are looking for CryoSat data users to complete a quick survey about data QC.
News - General News
13 Apr 2023New Swarm Product Data Handbook available
We are pleased to announce that a new Swarm Product Data Handbook page is now available.
News - General News
3 Apr 2023CryoSat’s unparalleled record of global ice continues to 2025
CryoSat, ESA’s ice mission, has been a key to what the cryosphere community regards as a golden era for satellite altimetry.
News - General News
27 Mar 2023Overachieving SMOS mission primed for continued success
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.
News - General News
24 Mar 2023Swarm DQW#12 Summary and Recommendation report published
We are pleased to inform the Swarm user community that the "Swarm DQW#12 Summary and Recommendation report" has been finalised and now published
News - General News
21 Mar 2023ESA's excellent Earth Explorer missions extended to 2025
Since 2009, ESA’s Earth Explorer missions have pioneered breakthrough technologies and transformed our understanding of Earth’s system, from its core to the outer stretches of the atmosphere.
News - General News
17 Mar 2023Introducing Tommaso Parrinello
In this short introduction, ESA's Aeolus and CryoSat Mission Manager, Tommaso Parrinello, describes his role in these two diverse missions.
News - General News
9 Mar 2023New Space harmonisation drives development of reference calibration and validation networks
As New Space providers continue to strengthen the worldwide offering of remote sensing data, ESA supports the harmonisation of calibration activities and development of reference calibration and validation (Cal/Val) sites.
News - General News
28 Feb 2023Quick guide to Fast Registration submission
Follow this quick guide to learn how to obtain access to datasets offered through ESA's Fast Registration mechanism.
News - General News
23 Feb 2023Stunning new features for ESA and NASA altimetry portal cs2eo.org
Working with combined ESA and NASA altimetry data is easier than ever thanks to a range of handy new features on cs2eo.org.
News - General News
16 Feb 2023International collaboration: Summarising ESA’s Third Party Missions
ESA’s Third Party Missions programme consists of more than 50 missions from around the world. Learn more about the Third Party Missions in this video.
News - General News
9 Feb 2023Meet the EOHelp Team
The Earth Observation Help Desk, or EOHelp, together with Copernicus services, is the main ESA contact point for Earth Observation user communities.
News - General News
8 Feb 2023Pioneering science missions: Summarising ESA’s Earth Explorers
Designed for research purposes, ESA's Earth Explorer missions are dedicated to monitoring parts of Earth’s system. Learn more about the Earth Explorers in this video.
News - General News
2 Feb 2023Long-term data: Summarising ESA’s Heritage missions
ESA’s Heritage Space Programme preserves data from non-operational missions. Learn more about the Heritage missions in this video.
News - General News
1 Feb 2023How to access Earth observation data distributed by ESA - Fast Registration
Researchers can quickly obtain datasets from ESA’s Third Party Missions and Heritage Missions on a free basis, by using the Fast Registration mechanism.
News - General News
5 Dec 2022How to request level zero radar data from ERS and Envisat
To apply to use level zero (A)SAR radar data from ESA’s European Remote Sensing satellites (ERS-1 and ERS-2) and its Envisat mission for research purposes, you should prepare and submit an online form – called a Data Service Request – to put forward your proposed project to ESA for evaluation.
News - General News
22 Sept 2022Meet a young researcher who studies the behaviour of volcanoes worldwide
Researcher Camila Novoa Lizama, of the University of Leeds, recently analysed how the use of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery over the Puyehue Cordón-Caulle Volcanic Complex, in Chile, acquired by ALOS-1, Envisat and the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites, helped her team to better comprehend the temporal and spatial behaviour of ground displacements before, during and after the volcano’s last eruption.
News - General News
13 Sept 2022How SNAP facilitates access to ESA Third Party Missions data
The tool – called the Sentinel Applications Platform (SNAP) – incorporates high-quality remote sensing data from numerous missions, including those operated by the agency’s international partners, known as Third Party Missions (TPM).