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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 - 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 cycle from L-band solar
News - Data Release news
3 Feb 2022New Landsat-8 Collection-2 Level 1 and Level 2 data now available
The Online Dissemination service is still being populated, with the current availability of Collection-2 data as follows: 2022: New data added daily 2020
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 and tracked the progression
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 and tracked the progression
News - Data Release news
18 Jan 2022SMOS sea ice thickness reprocessed data now available
from the reprocessed level 1 baseline v724 and with the latest level 3 and 4 sea ice thickness processors baseline v3.3 and v204 respectively, which are currently
News - Data Release news
17 Dec 2021New Landsat-8 Collection-2 Level 1 and Level 2 data available from January
The old Landsat-8 portal, which currently hosts data for the mission, will be retained until the Landsat Dissemination Service is fully populated with
News - General News
10 June 2021Introducing the newest Third Party Mission: ICEYE
All current ICEYE imaging modes are offered through the TPM Programme.
News - Data Release news
17 June 2021ESA's (A)SAR dissemination service enhanced with Envisat ASAR MR L1 data
Note that the ESA EO Data Gateway service currently providing access to the Envisat ASAR MR Level 1 data is being phased out and will be discontinued on
News - Events and Proceedings
21 Oct 2019Special event for 10th anniversary of SMOS
uncertainty estimation Re-processing of measurements and generation of FCDRs and TCDRs SMOS as part of the ESA Climate Change Initiative (CCI) Synergies with current
News - Data Release news
20 May 2022PlanetScope and Skysat data available through ESA’s Third Party Missions Programme
The PlanetScope camera on each DOVE cubesat operates currently in four bands (red, green, blue and near infra-red) or five bands including an additional
News - Data Release news
27 Jan 2022New CryoSat-2 Thematic Products Now Available
The current product release represents the culmination of Phase 1 of the Cryo-TEMPO activities, which began in October 2020.
News - Success Stories
17 Jan 2023Pléiades unlocks information about rock glaciers in central Himalaya
very-high-resolution Pléiades images,” says lead researcher, Tobias Bolch, at the School of Geography and Sustainable Development, University of St Andrews, UK, currently
News - General News
Campaign using surface reflectance data to support validation of Earth observation products
information delivered by remotely controlled aircraft is expected to become a major source of surface reflectance validation data in the future, but there is currently
News - Success Stories
27 Sept 2022Heritage data trains neural networks to detect urban sprawl
Since they’ve been trained identically, they can help monitor both current and past urban changes.
News - Success Stories
11 Feb 2022SAOCOM the Argentinean constellation with an Italian twist
For these reasons, SAOCOM currently represents a valuable asset for Argentina, Italy and for all the worldwide users who can benefit from its excellent
News - General News
18 June 2020ICEYE data available for assessment
Currently, the satellites operate in two primary modes called ‘Spotlight Mode’ and ‘Stripmap Mode’, with each mode providing different output imaging capabilities
News - Success Stories
1 Mar 2022How Envisat helped to shape global understanding of Earth’s systems
aspects 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 - General News
13 Sept 2022How SNAP facilitates access to ESA Third Party Missions data
SNAP is currently developed by a consortium that includes Brockmann Consult GmbH, CS France, CS Romania, SenSar and SkyWatch.
News - Success Stories
5 May 2022Predicting crop yield using Planet data
The researchers at Southampton wanted to get a better understanding of the current state of croplands and their spatial variation in Malawi.
News - Success Stories
29 Apr 2020Gravity Field Models from Swarm data
Currently, the GRACE-FO satellites launched in May 2018 are the sole dedicated provider of these data, while previously the GRACE mission, which ended