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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.

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  • News - Success Stories

    How satellite data help to shape society 29 Sept 2022

    News - Success Stories

    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 - Events and Proceedings

    Very High Resolution data to take centre stage 28 Sept 2022

    News - Events and Proceedings

    Very High Resolution data to take centre stage

    In the last few years, European New Space providers have helped strengthen the offering of very high resolution remote sensing data products—a designated workshop this November aims to focus on the latest developments in this arena.

  • News - Operational News

    Swarm Level 1B and Level 2 operational processors updated 28 Sept 2022

    News - Operational News

    Swarm Level 1B and Level 2 operational processors updated

    On 28 September 2022 an improved version for both L1B and L2 Operational Processors was transferred into operation.

  • News - Success Stories

    Heritage data trains neural networks to detect urban sprawl 27 Sept 2022

    News - Success Stories

    Heritage data trains neural networks to detect urban sprawl

    Using data from non-operational ESA remote sensing missions, researchers have trained a network of artificial neurons to recognise how cities change over decades. They hope this will help city planners reduce the impact that urbanisation has on the environment.

  • News - Data Release news

    Full European Landsat data collection now available under the same catalogue 27 Sept 2022

    News - Data Release news

    Full European Landsat data collection now available under the same catalogue

    The Full European Landsat data collection, from Landsat 1 to Landsat 8, is now available under the same catalogue

  • News - General News

    Meet a young researcher who studies the behaviour of volcanoes worldwide 22 Sept 2022

    News - General News

    Meet a young researcher who studies the behaviour of volcanoes worldwide

    Researcher Camila Novoa Lizama, of the University of Leeds, recently analysed how the use of Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery over the Puyehue Cordón-Caulle Volcanic Complex, in Chile, acquired by ALOS-1, Envisat and the Copernicus Sentinel-1 satellites, helped her team to better comprehend the temporal and spatial behaviour of ground displacements before, during and after the volcano’s last eruption.

  • News - Maintenance News

    ESA EO Services - maintenance on 27 September 2022 21 Sept 2022

    News - Maintenance News

    ESA EO Services - maintenance on 27 September 2022

    Due to a scheduled software patching campaign on Tuesday, 27 September 2022 from 08:00 to 14:00 UTC, the below listed Earth Observation services will experience a downtime of up to 15 minutes during the maintenance activities.

  • News - Data Release news

    New Swarm TRACIS product released 16 Sept 2022

    News - Data Release news

    New Swarm TRACIS product released

    A new product is now available for the three Swarm spacecraft on the Swarm dissemination server.

  • News - Success Stories

    Satellites track the health of the ozone layer 16 Sept 2022

    News - Success Stories

    Satellites track the health of the ozone layer

    ESA’s Earth observation activities are contributing to international efforts to monitor and preserve the layer of stratospheric ozone that blankets the planet.

  • News - Events and Proceedings

    Workshop on SMOS for Space Weather 16 Sept 2022

    News - Events and Proceedings

    Workshop on SMOS for Space Weather

    A hybrid event will take place from 12:00 to 16:00 UTC on 14 November 2022 to report on the results of ESA projects using SMOS data for Space Weather applications.

  • News - Maintenance News

    ESA data dissemination - maintenance on 20 September 2022 14 Sept 2022

    News - Maintenance News

    ESA data dissemination - maintenance on 20 September 2022

    Due to a scheduled software patching campaign on 20 September 2022

  • News - General News

    How SNAP facilitates access to ESA Third Party Missions data 13 Sept 2022

    News - General News

    How SNAP facilitates access to ESA Third Party Missions data

    The tool – called the Sentinel Applications Platform (SNAP) – incorporates high-quality remote sensing data from numerous missions, including those operated by the agency’s international partners, known as Third Party Missions (TPM).

  • News - General News

    Quick guide to Project Proposal submission 8 Sept 2022

    News - General News

    Quick guide to Project Proposal submission

    This infographic provides a quick guide to the Project Proposal submission process.

  • News - Data Release news

    New CryoVEx campaign datasets released 8 Sept 2022

    News - Data Release news

    New CryoVEx campaign datasets released

    Two new datasets have been released for the CryoVEx campaign, covering activities in Spring and Summer 2019.

  • News - Maintenance News

    Maintenance on Earth Online on 13 September 8 Sept 2022

    News - Maintenance News

    Maintenance on Earth Online on 13 September

    A scheduled maintenance activity will take place on Earth Online on 13 September from 17:00 to 18:00 UTC.

  • News - Success Stories

    Satellite data predicts lower wheat crop yield 7 Sept 2022

    News - Success Stories

    Satellite data predicts lower wheat crop yield

    In a market pressed with short supply of grain the dry spring weather of 2022 was devastating for European wheat production, according to a new drought monitor that draws on data from ESA’s SMOS Earth observation mission

  • News - Success Stories

    Data Quality for Third Party Missions 6 Sept 2022

    News - Success Stories

    Data Quality for Third Party Missions

    Earthnet Data Assessment Project (EDAP+) will continue to build on the success of the Earthnet Data Assessment Pilot (EDAP) project and aims to assess the quality and suitability of candidate non-ESA Earth observation (EO) missions under consideration for ESA’s Third Party Mission programme.

  • News - General News

    Final Presentation of the Swarm DISC project TOLEOS 5 Sept 2022

    News - General News

    Final Presentation of the Swarm DISC project TOLEOS

    The team behind the Swarm DISC project TOLEOS (Thermosphere Observations from Low-Earth Orbiting Satellites) will be making their Final Presentation on 8 September 2022, from 14:00-16:00 CEST.

  • News - General News

    WorldView constellation infographic 31 Aug 2022

    News - General News

    WorldView constellation infographic

    Learn about Maxar’s WorldView constellation, which is part of ESA’s Third Party Missions programme, in our latest infographic.

  • News - Data Release news

    New Data Voucher for Planetscope on-demand 31 Aug 2022

    News - Data Release news

    New Data Voucher for Planetscope on-demand

    ESA’s Third Party Missions Programme offers researchers, scientists and companies from around the world access to Planet’s high-frequency, high-resolution satellite data for non-commercial use.