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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 - Data Release news
25 Sept 2023New version release of Swarm Level 2 EEF data
An updated version of the Swarm Level 2 product Equatorial Electric Field (EEF) v0304 is now available on Swarm dissemination server.
News - Data Release news
14 Sept 2023New release of TII Raw And Corrected Imagery Spectra dataset
An updated version of the TII Raw And Corrected Imagery / Spectra dataset (TRACIS version 0201) at low resolution (TISL1B) and high resolution (TISH1B) is available for the three Swarm spacecraft on the Swarm dissemination server
News - Success Stories
13 Sept 2023ESA Earth observation archives preserved in Arctic vault
ESA has added to its store of Earth observation records housed in a secure vault in the Norwegian Arctic, ensuring that knowledge from a crucial chapter in European remote sensing history is safeguarded for future generations.
News - Data Release news
12 Sept 2023Additional Swarm Langmuir Probe Ion Drift, Density and Effective Mass dataset 0201 available for Swarm
Additional Swarm Langmuir probe Ion Drift, density and effective Mass (SLIDEM) dataset at 2 Hz cadence, baseline 0201, is now available on the Swarm dissemination server for all the Swarm satellites.
News - Operational News
30 Aug 2023Restored nominal L1B attitude and magnetic data quality and patched MAG-L dataset available on dissharm
Following-up on the recent communications about degraded attitude and magnetic data on Swarm L1B dataset starting from October and December 2018 and from 24 June 2023 the nominal quality of Level 1B data has been restored since 25 August 2023 .
News - Operational News
28 Aug 2023Issue with B_NEC magnetic L1B data on all three Swarm spacecraft
We inform Swarm users that an issue has been detected in the L1B data processing chain since the production of 24 June 2023, when a processing library update was performed.
News - General News
28 Aug 2023New Swarm Invitation To Tender - 4D Ionosphere and two extra themes
ESA is opening a set of research opportunities focused on four main topics with the common goal to explore and advance different but inter-related aspects of ionospheric research.
News - Operational News
23 Aug 2023Degradation of Swarm L1B attitude data on all three spacecraft
We inform all Swarm users that a degradation of attitude data for all Swarm satellites has been identified in the L1B data generated during STR operations at 2 Hz sampling rate, i.e. since 17 October, 12 and 18 December 2018 for Bravo, Alpha and Charlie respectively.
News - Success Stories
17 Aug 2023Commercial and international data for fire monitoring
As climate change sparks a surge in the frequency and intensity of wildfires, satellite data disseminated through ESA’s Third Party Missions (TPM) programme are helping scientists to track and investigate these potentially damaging natural events.
News - Data Release news
14 Aug 2023Additional EFI TII Cross Track Flow dataset 0302 available for Swarm
Additional TII cross-track flow data are now available on the Swarm dissemination server for all of the Swarm satellites.
News - Spotlight on EO community
30 June 2023Meet the Quality Assurance for EO Team
The Quality Assurance For Earth Observation (also known as QA4EO) Service began its operations on 1 November 2019, providing support to the Data Quality and Algorithms Management Office at ESRIN, within the Sensor Performance, Processing and Algorithm section.
News - Success Stories
29 June 2023ESA missions help to reveal worldwide lake water loss trend
Climate change, human consumption and sedimentation are depleting more than half of the world’s biggest lakes of water, according to a ground-breaking analysis that drew on three decades of satellite data.
News - Data Release news
27 June 2023New release of Swarm Langmuir Probe Ion Drift, Density and Effective Mass dataset
An updated baseline of the Swarm Langmuir Probe Ion Drift, Density and Effective Mass (SLIDEM baseline 0201) dataset at 2 Hz cadence is available.
News - Operational News
22 June 2023Swarm Alpha VFM anomaly from 16 to 20 June 2023
Due to an issue registered on the VFM on board Swarm Alpha, several gaps have been identified in the VFM science data from 16 June to 20 June.
News - Operational News
20 June 2023Swarm Bravo GPS anomaly on 16 June 2023
A loss of GPS Time Synchronisation registered on Swarm Bravo on 13 June 2023 has affected all of the Swarm Bravo instruments.
News - Operational News
14 June 2023Swarm Bravo Data Gap on 4 June 2023
All of the L1A and L1B data production for 4 June 2023 has been processed and disseminated in two parts.
News - Operational News
12 June 2023Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data production resumed from 1 June 2023
Following the announcement of Swarm Alpha and Charlie orbit raise campaign and its potential impact on data availability, we inform the users that the nominal production of Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_TMS_2F) data has been resumed since 1 June 2023 and the products are available again on Swarm Dissemination Server.
News - Operational News
9 June 2023Swarm Bravo on-board anomaly on 4 June 2023
Due to an issue on-board Swarm Bravo, the science data of 4 June 2023 was not received from 13:15 to 13:42 UTC. The production of Swarm Bravo L1B and L2 Cat-2 data has been affected during this time window and cannot be recovered.
News - Data Release news
8 June 2023New Swarm Bravo Level 2 Accelerometer data available on Swarm Dissemination Server
The Swarm Bravo Level 2 Calibrated Accelerometer data (ACCxCAL_2) and Level 2 Accelerometer-derived Neutral Thermospheric Densities (DNSxACC_2) are available on the Swarm Dissemination Server.
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.