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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 - Data Release news
19 Dec 2018COSMO-SkyMed ESA archive online dataset available
ESA is pleased to announce the on-line availability of a new dataset: COSMO-SkyMed data for ESA Category-1 users.
News - General News
13 June 2019PolSARpro v6.0 (Biomass Edition) software new release
Download the latest version of ESA's Polarimetric SAR data Processing and Educational Toolbox (PolSARpro).
News - General News
16 Dec 2019COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation ready for take-off
The first COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation (CSG) satellite is ready to join the other four COSMO-SkyMed (CSK) satellites already in orbit
News - Data Release news
15 May 2020ESA TPM collection ‘Worldview-2 European Cities’ expanded
The WorldView-2 European Cities ESA dataset has been enriched with 3,149 additional products.
News - General News
29 Sept 2020ESA's new DataCube service is now available
ESA is pleased to announce the deployment of a new service, called ESA PDGS-DataCube, enabling multi-temporal and pixel-based access to a subset of the data available in the European Space Agency dissemination services.
News - General News
29 Sept 2020ESA’s Earth Observation Catalogue and its services
EO-CAT is the EO Catalogue tool allowing users to search ESA and Third Party Mission collections.
News - Data Release news
24 May 2021EUSI ESA archive collections now open to users
In the Third Party Missions Programme framework, archive collections from GeoEye-1, QuickBird-2 and WorldView (1 to 4) have been opened to users.
News - Infographics
23 Sept 2021ESA Third Party Missions timeline
We've released a new timeline to illustrate the history of the ESA Third Party Missions.
News - Success Stories
8 Oct 2021Earth Observation data to improve navigation risk modelling and shipping routes
With the increased frequency of shipping activities, such as tourism and transport of freights, navigation safety has become a major concern. Even if new technologies have already supplied aids to pilots for navigation risk reduction, the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) reports that the majority of accidents could have been avoided by providing suitable input to the navigation decision-making process — this is where Earth Observation data can represent complementary information, to improve traffic monitoring and guidance along safe routes.
News - Events and Proceedings
25 Oct 2021Φ-Week Triumphs
In its fourth edition, Φ-Week presented the scientific community with amazing opportunities and projects—thus running alongside innovation at 360 degrees.
News - Infographics
8 Nov 2021An overview of ESA's Third Party Missions programme
ESA’s Third Party Missions programme consists of almost 50 satellite missions, which are owned by organisations around the world. ESA has agreements with these organisations to acquire, process, and distribute data from their missions
News - Spotlight on EO community
18 Nov 2021Meet a young researcher who combines remote sensing with deep learning techniques
Researcher MSc. Anupama Rajkumar recently investigated whether VHR satellite imagery could be combined with advanced deep learning techniques to automate the detection of waste landfills.
News - Data Release news
13 Jan 202215 cm HD and 30 cm HD products added to EUSI ESA archive collections
Two new products, 15 cm HD and 30 cm HD, have been added to the collections from GeoEye-1, QuickBird-2, and WorldView (1 – 4).
News - Thematic area articles
2 Feb 2022Satellite data boost global understanding of land surface
Understanding our changing land surface is essential in the study of climate change. Satellites are used to monitor changes to the material that covers Earth’s surface, so-called land cover, such as vegetation and water.
News - Success Stories
17 Mar 2022New open-source Python library improves rapid mapping services
In emergency services, rapid response is paramount. ICube-SERTIT’s Rapid Mapping Service provides near real-time delivery of geo-information to help emergency services respond quickly to disasters such as flooding, fires and landslides. A new Python open-source library, called EOReader, speeds up this mapping response by enabling the easy opening of imagery from multiple satellite sensors, both optical and synthetic aperture radar (SAR).
News - Thematic area articles
18 May 2022How ESA uses space data to explore deep Earth
As anthropogenic activities continue to unbalance our environment, scientists strive to fully understand the intricate interactions within Earth’s system.
News - Events and Proceedings
8 June 2022VHR Data Quality in the limelight
In recent years, the satellite landscape has steadily expanded with a variety of very high resolution (VHR) commercial satellites, also emerging from new space providers. A result of this growth is an increased need to address data quality assurance.
News - Infographics
22 July 2022A summary of ESA Third Party Mission collections
A new summary is available, showcasing the ESA archives for Third Party Mission collections.
News - Success Stories
26 July 2022SAR synergy data for maritime surveillance
With the aim of safeguarding our oceans, a recent study uses a synergy of synthetic aperture radar (SAR) images to improve maritime surveillance.
News - Infographics
31 Aug 2022An overview of the very high-resolution WorldView constellation
Learn about the WorldView constellation, part of ESA’s Third Party Missions programme, in this infographic.