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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 - Maintenance News
26 Jan 2023Aeolus ESA Data Dissemination System Maintenance activity completed 25 January 2023
The software maintenance activity on t ESA's Aeolus data dissemination services have been completed on Wednesday 25th of January 2023 Access to the relevant collections restored at 16:30 UTC.
News - Maintenance News
16 Jan 2023Aeolus ESA Data Dissemination System Maintenance – 25 January 2023
ESA's Aeolus data dissemination services will be affected by a planned maintenance activity on 25 January 2023.
News - Data Release news
10 Jan 2023New CHAMP Neutral Density and Crosswind data sets available
The Thermosphere Observations from Low-Earth Orbiting Satellites (TOLEOS) project, funded by the Swarm DISC, delivered newly reprocessed neutral density and crosswind observations for the entire CHAMP mission.
News - Data Release news
20 Dec 2022Improved Aeolus wind data now available
ESA’s Aeolus mission continues to advance weather forecasting with further data improvements, thanks to a third reprocessing campaign.
News - Infographics
19 Dec 2022Quick guide to Data Service Request submission
Follow this quick guide to learn how to submit a Data Service Request, which is required when applying for level zero (A)SAR data from ESA's European Remote Sensing satellites (ERS) and the Envisat mission.
News - Maintenance News
15 Dec 2022GOCE Data Dissemination - Maintenance on 20 December 2022
A maintenance activity affecting the GOCE data dissemination service will take place on 20 December 2022.
News - Maintenance News
14 Dec 2022ESA Data Dissemination Maintenance 13-14 December 2022 - Update
The maintenance activity on ESA's (A)SAR Data Dissemination service has now been completed.
News - Events and Proceedings
14 Dec 2022ESA invites scientists to submit abstracts for EGU 2023
ESA is calling for researchers to submit abstracts for sessions at the next General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (EGU 2023).
News - Infographics
12 Dec 2022Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign
A new infographic has been released for the Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign (JATAC).
News - Thematic area articles
9 Dec 2022Global understanding of Earth's land surfaces greatly boosted by satellite data
ESA perform land surface monitoring with a range of instruments onboard satellites acquiring optical and radar data. Collections of data from these missions are freely available for research purposes.
News - Maintenance News
8 Dec 2022ESA Data Dissemination Maintenance - 13-14 December 2022
A software maintenance activity affecting the (A)SAR Data Dissemination Service has been planned on 13 December 2022 till 14 December 2022.
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 - Operational News
30 Nov 2022Aeolus NRT FM-A public data available after instrument switch over
The Aeolus ALADIN FM-A instrument switch-on and its commissioning have been successfully completed.
News - Success Stories
24 Nov 2022Drones join the campaign to validate Aeolus data
In June and September 2022, the Askos component of the Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign (JATAC), organised by ESA and its international partners, was expanded with new ground-based, drone and radiosonde measurements. The main objective of this campaign was to calibrate and validate Aeolus satellite observations.
News - Data Release news
23 Nov 2022Aeolus third Reprocessing Campaign Data published
Data from the Aeolus 3rd reprocessing campaign, covering the sensing period from 31 August 2018 to 16 June 2019, relevant to the first period of operations of the ALADIN Flight Model A instrument is available for browsing and download.
News - Success Stories
22 Nov 2022Robust airborne radar instrument aids CryoSat ice data
During the 12 years that ESA’s ice mission – CryoSat – has been monitoring Earth’s ice masses from space, simultaneous airborne measurements were made by ASIRAS.
News - Data Release news
21 Nov 2022New release of TII Raw And Corrected Imagery Spectra dataset
An updated version of the TII Raw And Corrected Imagery / Spectra dataset (TRACIS version 0102) at low resolution (TISL1B) and high resolution (TISH1B) is available for the three Swarm spacecraft
News - Data Release news
18 Nov 2022New Release of the Swarm Langmuir Probe Ion Drift, Density and Effective Mass Dataset
An updated version of the Swarm Langmuir Probe Ion Drift, Density and Effective Mass (SLIDEM Version 0103) dataset has been released.
News - Infographics
15 Nov 2022Biomass infographic
Learn about ESA's upcoming Biomass mission, which is dedicated to gathering information about the global distribution of forest biomass, in our latest infographic.
News - Success Stories
10 Nov 2022Long-term satellite data show wind farms can affect local air currents
Decades of satellite data have allowed for the first long-term study of the impact of offshore wind farms on downstream wind flow in coastal areas.