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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 - General News
2 Apr 2024New Swarm Field Aligned Current web tool available
We are pleased to announce that a new Field Aligned Currents (FAC) web tool is available
News - Operational News
6 June 2022Update on Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data issue
published on 23 November 2021 and on 16 December 2021, we want to update Swarm users about the issue affecting Field-Aligned Current
News - Operational News
23 Nov 2021Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data missing from 7 November 2021
Due to an issue detected in the Swarm L2 operational data processing chain, no Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_TMS_2F) data
News - Operational News
12 May 2022Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data unavailable from 4 May 2022
the recent orbit raise manoeuvres which changed the orbital configuration of Swarm Alpha and Charlie, no Field-Aligned Current
News - Operational News
9 Mar 2022Possible artefacts in Swarm Field Aligned Current Dual s c FAC AC product
modify the orbits of Swarm-A and C, positioning them in an almost identical orbit during the counter rotating phase the current
News - Operational News
15 July 2022Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data production resumed from 1 July 2022
The Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_TMS_2F) products are now available again via the dissemination server.
News - Operational News
12 June 2023Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data production resumed from 1 June 2023
campaign and its potential impact on data availability, we inform the users that the nominal production of Swarm Field-Aligned Current
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
16 Dec 2021Update on Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data missing from 7 November 2021
As a follow-up of the news published on 23 November 2021, we want to update Swarm users about the missing Field-Aligned Current
News - General News
17 Aug 2021New version of AMPS model
An updated version of the AMPS (Average Magnetic field and Polar current System) model (version 1.4) is now available.
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
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 - Success Stories
26 Mar 2024Ten years of Swarm data help reveal processes in Earth’s core
Title: Earth’s shielding magnetic field Description: The magnetic field and electric currents in and around Earth generate
News - Thematic area articles
29 Sept 2022How satellite data help to shape society
Title: Current drought situation in Ebro basin Description: The SMOS soil-moisture-based drought monitor is updated monthly
News - General News
21 Mar 2023ESA's excellent Earth Explorer missions extended to 2025
Acting like the spinning conductor in a bicycle dynamo, it generates electrical currents and thus the continuously changing
News - Data Release news
4 Sept 2019Swarm Equatorial Electric Field (EEF) Level-2 products now available
This is done by recovering a clean signal of the Equatorial Electrojet current (EEJ) and modelling the observed current to
News - Events and Proceedings
25 Oct 2021Φ-Week Triumphs
Opening Session Title: Φ-Week's Opening Session Description: During the fourth edition of ESA’s Φ -Week, Josef Aschbacher, current
News - Events and Proceedings
2 Dec 2022SMOS data advances space weather and ionospheric research
Title: Tracking the solar activity cycle using SMOS data Description: This graph shows the “rise” of our current solar activity
News - Success Stories
22 Nov 2023Swarm set for continued success after 10 years in orbit
Title: The force that protects the planet Description: The magnetic field and electric currents in and around Earth generate
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