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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
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 - 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 - 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 - Operational News
11 Apr 2023Swarm Bravo: Regenerated Magnetic L1B and L2 FAC and IBI data
An update to all Swarm users regarding the VFM anomaly registered on Swarm Bravo between 24 February and 1 March 2023.
News - Data Release news
22 Mar 2023Additional EFI TII Raw And Corrected Imagery and Spectra (TRACIS) dataset 0102 available for Swarm
Additional EFI TII Raw And Corrected Imagery and Spectra (TRACIS) data is now available on the Swarm dissemination server for all the Swarm satellites.
News - Data Release news
22 Mar 2023Additional EFI TII Cross Track Flow dataset 0302 available for Swarm
Additional TII cross-track flow data is now available on the Swarm dissemination server for all the Swarm satellites.
News - General News
21 Mar 2023ESA'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 - Thematic area articles
3 Mar 2023Monitoring water on Earth's surface
ESA's Earth observation satellites are playing a leading role in furthering our understanding of how Earth's terrestrial hydrosphere is being influenced by humankind.
News - Success Stories
17 Nov 2022New worldwide dataset captures the planet in fine detail
Scientists have developed an open source planetwide dataset of high-resolution Earth observation imagery, thanks to commercial data delivered by ESA’s Third Party Missions (TPM) programme.
News - Thematic area articles
2 Nov 2022Satellites 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.
News - Thematic area articles
30 June 2022Transforming 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 - Events and Proceedings
26 May 2022Data preservation takes centre stage at Living Planet Symposium
Against the backdrop of the famed Rhine River, world-class scientists and Earth observation data-users are gathered this week in the historical city of Bonn, at the Living Planet Symposium (LPS).
News - General News
20 May 2022New Release of VirES for Swarm 3.9.0
Version 3.9.0 of VirES for SWARM has been released.
News - Data Release news
13 May 2022Updated CryoSat magnetometer data now available with new baseline 0201
An improved version of the CryoSat magnetic field data is now available on the Swarm Dissemination Server with new baseline 0201.
News - Spotlight on EO community
12 Apr 2022Interviewing Mirko Albani
ESA’s Heritage Space Programme Manager describes the goals of the programme, some of the challenges involved in preserving and improving 40 years of historical Earth observation data, and his passion for curating this long-term archive.
News - Thematic area articles
31 Mar 2022Satellite 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.
News - General News
24 Mar 2022New paper “Swarm Langmuir probes' data quality validation and future improvements” published
The paper “Swarm Langmuir probes' data quality validation and future improvements” by F. Catapano et al. has been published in the Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI) journal in March 2022.