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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 - Maintenance News
30 May 2023EOHelp service unavailable on 02 June 2023
Due to a bank holiday, the ESA EO Helpdesk service will be unavailable on Friday 02 June 2023.
News - Data Release news
29 May 2023GOCE and GRACE-FO orbit counter data now available on Swarm Dissemination Server
We are pleased to announce that orbit counter products for GOCE and GRACE-FO satellites are now available on the Swarm Dissemination Server.
News - Maintenance News
26 May 2023Maintenance on Earth Online on 31 May
A maintenance activity is scheduled for Earth Online on 31 May, which will take place from 07:00 to 11:00 UTC.
News - Thematic area articles
25 May 2023How satellite data empower sustainable urban growth
Earth observation is a vital tool for facilitating the sustainable development of the world's cities, helping to ensure that urban centres keep spurring collaboration, innovation and opportunity as they continue to expand.
News - Success Stories
24 May 2023SMOS data reveal ecosystems' resistance to drought
Climate change is rapidly altering the world’s ecosystems, causing extreme weather conditions, such as droughts, to become increasingly frequent. Understanding the factors that contribute to ecosystem resilience to extreme events is vital to develop more effective strategies for climate adaptation and mitigation.
News - Operational News
24 May 2023Regenerated Swarm EEF data starting from 1 April 2023
Due to an issue in the Swarm Equatorial Electric Field Level-2 data processing chain, the production for all spacecraft has been regenerated starting from 1 April 2023 with updated product baseline and file counter 0303.
News - Success Stories
23 May 2023Aeolus enhances volcanic ash forecasts for aviation safety
A new study, using wind data from ESA’s Aeolus mission, highlights the importance of using satellite missions like Aeolus to improve volcanic ash forecasting and ensure aviation safety in the future.
News - Operational News
23 May 2023SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed products back to nominal dissemination
Following a pause in the dissemination of SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed data on 2 May, the processor has now been updated and nominal dissemination has resumed.
News - Maintenance News
22 May 2023ESA Third Party Mission dissemination - maintenance on 25 May 2023
A planned software maintenance will affect ESA's TPM dissemination service on Thursday, 25 May 2023, from 07:30 to 08:30 UTC.
News - Maintenance News
17 May 2023ESA EO Services Scheduled Maintenance on 23 May 2023
Due to a scheduled software maintenance on 23 May 2023 from 8:00 to 14:00 UTC a downtime of 15 minutes may be experienced
News - Data Release news
17 May 2023New CryoSat Ice Baseline-E 2018 and 2019 reprocessed data – available now!
We are pleased to inform the CryoSat scientific community that the reprocessed CryoSat Ice Baseline-E data for all of 2018 and 2019 has been published on the Science Server and is now available for download.
News - Maintenance News
17 May 2023EO-CAT software maintenance - 22 May 2023
A scheduled software maintenance will affect ESA’s Earth Observation Data Catalogue EO-CAT on Monday 22 May 2023 from 07:30 to 09:30 UTC
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 - Success Stories
12 May 2023Collaboration and perseverance key to success of JATAC
A worldwide community of remote sensing experts came together at EGU 2023 in April to discuss the achievements of an atmosphere dynamics and composition field campaign completed over the tropical Atlantic.
News - Success Stories
11 May 2023Global remote sensing of greenhouse gases ramps up
With growing pressure to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere, recent research studies using the carbon dioxide monitoring TanSat mission are timely.
News - Events and Proceedings
11 May 2023Submit your abstracts for EarthCARE Pre-Launch Science and Validation Workshop
Invitations are now open for the EarthCARE Pre-Launch Science and Validation Workshop, which will take place at ESRIN in Frascati, Italy, from 13 to 17 November.
News - Maintenance News
11 May 2023ESA EO Third Party Mission services - Maintenance on 17 May 2023
A planned software maintenance activity will affect the ESA EO Third Party Mission dissemination service on Wednesday 17 May 2023.
News - Maintenance News
9 May 2023ESA EO services - Network anomalies detected - Update
Due to unexpected network anomalies, users may encounter difficulties accessing some of the EO catalogues and data dissemination platforms.
News - Success Stories
8 May 2023PROBA-V data improve surface albedo products in Africa
As ESA’s PROBA-V satellite marks its 10-year launch milestone, data tasked during the mission’s lifetime are still being used to assess changes in land cover.