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• 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 - 05 April 2024

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

• News - Data Release news

  

  ICEYE Dwell mode now available to users

  ICEYE Dwell mode products are now available through ESA’s Third Party Missions programme.

• 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 - General News

  

  Go-to guide to Third Party Mission data offering

  ESA’s latest Third Party Missions Data Access Guide has been published, providing technical details and information on available data collections for all current or past Third Party Missions.

• 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 - Success Stories

  

  TPM data help advance plastic litter detection from space

  Several innovative ESA Discovery element projects exploring remote sensing of plastic marine litter lean on commercial satellite data disseminated via the Agency’s Third Party Mission programme.

• News - Events and Proceedings

  

  GLOC 2023: Democratising data access key to climate action

  The need for easy access to remote sensing data and making them more digestible to the local user community, were take home messages from the first Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC), held in Oslo, Norway, last week.

• News - Thematic area articles

  

  How satellite data empower sustainable urban growth

  Earth observation is a vital tool for facilitating the sustainable development of the world's cities, helping to ensure that urban centres keep spurring collaboration, innovation and opportunity as they continue to expand.

• News - Events and Proceedings

  

  Scientists to showcase value of Earth observation data at EGU

  Remote sensing scientists are getting ready to present innovative and exciting applications of satellite data at the European Geosciences Union general assembly which will take place from 24 to 28 April in Vienna, Austria.

• 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.

• News - Thematic area articles

  

  Satellites 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.

• Document - Data Access Information

  

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

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