News - General News

ESA'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 - Data Release news

New version of the SMOS-CryoSat level 4 sea ice thickness product is now available

The new version 205 of the merged SMOS-CryoSat level 4 sea ice thickness product is now available on the SMOS dissemination service

News - Thematic area articles

Satellites investigate Earth’s terrestrial hydrosphere

ESA’s Earth observation satellites are playing a leading role in furthering our understanding of how Earth’s water cycle is being influenced by humankind.

Tools - Catalogues

FedEO

FedEO is a data catalogue that provides a unique entry point to a number of scientific catalogues and services for, but not limited to, European and Canadian missions.

Tools - Catalogues

EO CAT

EO CAT is a data catalogue, offering a Next Generation Earth Observation system designed to manage end-user Earth Observation services.

Event - Conference

Dragon 3 2014 Symposium

The Dragon 3 2014 Symposium was part of the Dragon 3 Programme, focussed on exploitation of ESA, ESA's Third Party Missions and Chinese Earth observation data for geo-science and applications development in land, ocean and atmospheric applications.

Event - Conference

Dragon 3 2015 Symposium

The Dragon 3 2015 Symposium was part of the Dragon 3 Programme, focussed on exploitation of ESA, ESA's Third Party Missions and Chinese Earth observation data for geo-science and applications development in land, ocean and atmospheric applications.

Event - Conference

Dragon 3 2016 Symposium

The Dragon 3 2016 Symposium served as the close of the Dragon 3 Cooperation Programme (2012 to 2016) and formal kick off for Dragon 4 Cooperation projects.

News - Thematic area articles

Satellites reveal changes to Earth’s icy zones

ESA’s Earth observation activities are helping scientists investigate the influence of climate change on widespread ice-losses across the planet.

Activity - Projects

Dragon 3 Cooperation Programme

The Dragon 3 Programme focussed on the exploitation of ESA, ESA's Third Party Missions and Chinese Earth observation data for geo-science and applications development in land, ocean and atmospheric applications.

Event - Training

EO Summer School 3

ESA's series of summer schools, on Monitoring of the Earth System, aims to promote the exploitation of Earth observation data.

Event - Conference

Living Planet Symposium 2022

Learn about the 2022 edition of ESA's Living Planet Symposium.

News - Thematic area articles

Transforming space data into climate action

ESA’s Earth observation activities are playing a key role in the revitalised global drive to combat climate change.

News - Thematic area articles

Satellite data central to ocean monitoring

Over 95% of Earth’s water is found in our oceans, and yet sadly, oceans are under stress from climate change and pollution. Monitoring our oceans is vital for Earth’s survival and satellites are the primary means of long-term and independent observation of our vast ocean bodies and their associated coastal zones.

Document - General Reference

Spacelab-in-context.pdf

This document provides an overview of Spacelab, a joint ESA-NASA laboratory that was carried aboard space shuttles from 1981 to 2000.

Document - General Reference

In-action-around-the-world-the-International-Charter-Space-and-Major-Disasters.pdf

This is an article extracted from the ESA Bulletin Nr.143.

News - Data Release news

Eight years of SMOS Arctic sea ice thickness level now available from SMOS Data dissemination portal

Daily maps of sea ice thickness based on SMOS Observations, covering the winter seasons in the Arctic for the period of October-April from year 2010/2011 to year 2017/2018, are now available.

Document - General Reference

ARTEMIS-Paving-the-way-for-Europes-future-data-relay-land-mobile-and-Navigation-Services.pdf

This brochure provides an overview of Artemis, ESAs telecommunications satellite.

Document - General Reference

Understanding climate change from space

This document describes ESA's Climate Change Initiative, and how it is intended to contribute towards monitoring and understanding the Earth's climate.

Document - Technical Note

Telemeter Instrumentation Schedule LMSC No-1241637 Satellite Vehicle System