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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 - Success Stories
10 Nov 2022Long-term satellite data show wind farms can affect local air currents
Long-term measurements allow before and after comparison Data from the heritage Envisat satellite currently maintained accessible
News - Operational News
13 Mar 2024SMOS data distribution resumed
SMOS data distribution to end users was resumed on 12 March 2024 after confirmation of the adequate quality of the current
News - Success Stories
23 May 2023Aeolus enhances volcanic ash forecasts for aviation safety
Current projects supporting PANGEA include the D-TECT ERC, the PANGEA4CalVal TWINNING and the L2A+, ACPV ESA studies.
News - Success Stories
7 Sept 2022Satellite data predicts lower wheat crop yield
Title: Current drought situation in Ebro basin Description: The SMOS soil-moisture-based drought monitor is updated monthly
News - Operational News
28 Feb 2024SMOS data outage since 22 February 2024
spacecraft has been back in nominal mode since 25 February and on 27 February, the MIRAS instrument was switched on and is currently
News - Infographics
29 Jan 2024Learn more about Envisat MERIS Full Resolution Level-1 data
The current version of the dataset uses a Sentinel-3-like format.
News - Infographics
12 Mar 2024Showcasing success stories from ESA's Heritage Missions
success stories showcased used data from ESA's ERS (European Remote Sensing) and Envisat satellites in combination with current
News - Operational News
16 June 2020Aeolus activates new range bin setting
stratosphere coupled with an overlying westerly jet moving gradually upwards, countering the expected downward propagation of the current
News - Thematic area articles
27 Apr 2022Space data help to unravel the complexities of Earth’s atmosphere
mission delivered unprecedented insight into the global distributions of methane and carbon dioxide, helping to underpin current
News - Success Stories
17 July 2023Young scientists bid farewell to ESA's wind mission
He recently published research focusing on the validation of Aeolus data and is currently working on a paper investigating
News - Success Stories
7 Feb 2024Trailblazing ERS-2 mission enables climate change applications
Varied elevations of Bachu in western China InSAR is currently one of the most accurate methods to generate digital elevation
News - Data Release news
19 May 2020Aeolus data now publicly available
Following the introduction in June 2019 of a correction of biases related to spectrometer pixels showing elevated dark current
News - Operational News
7 Sept 2020A Guide to Aeolus Range Bin Settings
Current Range Bin Settings Multiple Aeolus Range Bin Settings are active at the same time.
News - Success Stories
1 Mar 2022How Envisat helped to shape global understanding of Earth’s systems
including melting Arctic sea ice, global sea level rise, fluctuations in the extent of the Antarctic ozone hole, and ocean currents
News - Success Stories
27 Oct 2022ESA’s wind mission could help to forecast tropical storms
delivered by weather balloons, satellites, and aircraft has been shown to improve its projections; however, the wind data currently
News - Thematic area articles
30 June 2022Transforming space data into climate action
By combining high-quality data from both current and previous missions, scientists are improving their understanding of the
News - General News
8 Apr 2024ESA's improved Earth system data records: what is in store for the future?
The current focus is on spectral windows in the Ultraviolet-Visible-Near Infrared regions for the retrieval of atmospheric
News - Events and Proceedings
13 June 2022Highlights from Living Planet Symposium
ESA will continue to pursue recovery and reprocessing of heritage data to extend time series and complement data from current
News - Success Stories
24 Nov 2022Drones join the campaign to validate Aeolus data
The heading is symbolic: Askos is the Greek name of the legendary bag that contains all the storm-currents for Aeolus—the
News - Thematic area articles
24 Jan 2023Satellites expand research on Space Weather and Sun-Earth Interactions
This research – which is currently being completed – aims to explore how the process produces nitrogen oxide in the mesosphere