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• News - Spotlight on EO community

  

  Spotlight on Third Party Mission provider: EUSI

  European Space Imaging (EUSI) is one of ESA’s suppliers of commercial Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery for scientific research in Earth Observation (EO).

• Data - Sample Data (Open)

  

  TerraSAR-X Sample Data

  Download free TerraSAR-X sample datasets to preview products available for this mission.

• Document - Newsletter

  

  Earth Online Newsletter - 22 March 2024

  This issue of the Earth Online Newsletter covers a selection of the latest news and events from ESA.

• News - Infographics

  

  Explore sample data products from Third Party Missions

  ESA’s Third Party Missions programme consists of over 50 satellite missions from commercial and public organisations worldwide.

• Data - Sample Data (Open)

  

  WorldView-3 Sample Data

  Download free WorldView-3 sample datasets to preview products available for this mission.

• News - Data Release news

  

  Sample data products from ESA’s Third Party Missions

  Samples of data products from a range of Third Party Missions are now available to download, offering a preview of what these missions provide.

• News - Thematic area articles

  

  Space data support Earth’s ecosystems

  ESA’s Earth observation (EO) missions are making a critical contribution to monitoring transformations in our planet’s ecosystems, helping track changes in the vegetation, soil, and ocean that affect these systems.

• News - Thematic area articles

  

  How to use space data to probe humankind’s ancient past

  Data disseminated by ESA’s Third Party Missions (TPM) programme are enabling archaeological investigations that could help to unravel the mysteries of past societies and cultures.

• News - Success Stories

  

  Commercial 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 - Infographics

  

  Twin satellites - TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X

  DLR's TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X are twin satellites flying in close formation to acquire SAR data of unique geometric accuracy. Operating together, the missions deliver data that are used to generate Digital Elevation Models of Earth.

• News - Thematic area articles

  

  How scientists use space data to help advance the energy transition

  Scientists are using remote sensing data disseminated by ESA to support the green transformation of world’s power generation infrastructure.

• News - General News

  

  International collaboration: Summarising ESA’s Third Party Missions

  ESA’s Third Party Missions programme consists of more than 50 missions from around the world. Learn more about the Third Party Missions in this video.

• News - Success Stories

  

  Showcasing success stories from ESA's Third Party Missions

  ESA’s Third Party Missions programme consists of more than 50 missions from around the world.

• News - Thematic area articles

  

  Global understanding of Earth's land surfaces greatly boosted by satellite data

  ESA perform land surface monitoring with a range of instruments onboard satellites acquiring optical and radar data. Collections of data from these missions are freely available for research purposes.

• News - Success Stories

  

  Long-term satellite data show wind farms can affect local air currents

  Decades of satellite data have allowed for the first long-term study of the impact of offshore wind farms on downstream wind flow in coastal areas.

• Document - Data Access Information

  

  ESA-archive-third-party-mission-collections.pdf

  Discover the ESA archive data collections offered for the Third Party Missions programme.

• News - Success Stories

  

  Remote sensing scientists raise alarm for African savannah

  Researchers have used high resolution WorldView-3 imagery to map vegetation cover in the Greater Maasai Mara savannah, a global hotspot for biodiversity in Kenya.

• News - Thematic area articles

  

  How satellite data help to shape society

  Data from ESA’s Earth observation archives are improving understanding of the interactions between human activities and the environment, helping to power green economic development and boosting prosperity in Europe and beyond.

• News - Infographics

  

  An overview of the very high-resolution WorldView constellation

  Learn about the WorldView constellation, part of ESA’s Third Party Missions programme, in this infographic.

• News - Thematic area articles

  

  Satellites reveal changes to Earth’s icy zones

  ESA’s Earth observation activities are helping scientists investigate the influence of climate change on widespread ice-losses across the planet.