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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.
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
CryoSat FDM production to end
Starting on 1 February 2021, CryoSat-2 Fast Delivery Marine (FDM) data production will be disabled.
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
Aeolus maintenance on 13 January 2021
Aeolus - maintenance on 13 January 2021 Due to a scheduled maintenance.
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News - Scientific Highlights
News - Scientific Highlights
Using Satellite Data to Predict Floods and Droughts
Scientists are turning to remote sensing to fill the in-situ data gap in hydrological data models in some parts of the world.
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News - General News
News - General News
New Campaign datasets available
A new set of datasets is available, acquired during airborne campaigns conducted between 2014 and 2019
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
CryoSat Science Server parallel FTP sessions reminder
CryoSat Science Server users are reminded that, by policy, they cannot have more than 10 parallel FTP sessions opened at one time for download.
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
A Closer Look at CRYO2ICE Manoeuvres
Between 16 and 31 July 2020, ESA raised the orbit of Earth Explorer CryoSat-2 to periodically align with NASA’s ICESat-2 in a campaign dubbed CRYO2ICE.
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News - Scientific Highlights
News - Scientific Highlights
CryoSat-2 Data Used to Measure Ionospheric Currents
A new study has shown that navigation magnetometer data from the CryoSat-2 and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) satellites can be used to diagnose weak low-/mid-latitude ionospheric currents.
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News - General News
News - General News
New CryoSat infographic
CryoSat - ESA's ice mission - recently celebrated ten years in space, during which it has provided invaluable data for research. To mark the anniversary we put together an infographic about the mission and its many achievements.
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News - General News, Scientific Highlights
News - General News, Scientific Highlights
Systematic swath elevation and monthly DEMs over the Antarctica Ice Sheet margin from CryoSat 2
Land-ice is declining globally, raising sea levels worldwide and impacting glacial risks and access to fresh-water in high-mountain glaciers regions.
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
CryoSat Daily Quality Control delays
CryoSat Quality Control (QC) is currently experiencing delays due to a temporary anomaly.
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
A Guide to Aeolus Range Bin Settings
After almost two years in space, Aeolus' near-real time observations have been assimilated into the Numerical Weather Prediction models of several European meteorological services, and have proven crucial during the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to a sharp decrease in meteorological observations.
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
CRYO2ICE Orbit Raising Campaign: Data Quality Status
During the CRYO2ICE Orbit Raising Campaign, the CryoSat QC team monitored data production between the orbit manoeuvres and performed detailed checks of all Near Real Time (NRT) data generated.
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News - Announcement of Opportunity
News - Announcement of Opportunity
Announcement of Opportunity for Aeolus Cal/Val
An Announcement of Opportunity call is open for the Aeolus mission. Scientists, new groups and individuals are invited to participate in Aeolus Cal/Val throughout the mission lifetime.
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
Aeolus and ALOS dissemination system maintenance on 31 July 2020
The Aeolus and ALOS dissemination systems will undergo maintenance on the morning of 31 July.
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
ESA OTF dissemination - Maintenance on 23 July 2020
A software maintenance activity affecting the On-The-Fly (OTF) ESA data dissemination service infrastructure has been planned on 23 July 2020.
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
SIRAL measurements continue during CRYO2ICE
On 16 July, ESA is kicking off its CRYO2ICE campaign that aims to raise CryoSat-2's orbit by approximately 900 metres, bringing it in sync with NASA's ICESat-2.
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News - General News
News - General News
CRYO2ICE is now on Earth Online
On 16 July, ESA is kicking off the CRYO2ICE campaign that will raise the orbit of its CryoSat-2 satellite to periodically align with NASA’s ICESat-2.
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
Complete CryoSat Ice Baseline D reprocessed dataset now available
We're pleased to inform the CryoSat scientific community that the full reprocessed CryoSat Ice Baseline D data are now available on the Science Server for download
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News - Operational News
News - Operational News
Aeolus tests new mirror thermal control setting
This week, a new setting for the Aeolus thermal control of the primary mirror will be tested to investigate further potential improvements at satellite level.
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News - General News
News - General News
2018 CryoSat Ice Baseline D reprocessed data now available
Reprocessed CryoSat Ice Baseline D data for all of 2018 is now available.