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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 - Operational News
Update on Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data missing from 7 November 2021
As a follow-up of the news published on 23 November 2021, we want to update Swarm users about the missing Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_TMS_2F) data since 7 November 2021.
News - Operational News
Update on Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data issue
As a follow-up of the news published on 23 November 2021 and on 16 December 2021, we want to update Swarm users about the issue affecting Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_TMS_2F) data.
News - Success Stories
Ten years of Swarm data help reveal processes in Earth’s core
The tenth birthday of ESA’s three-satellite Swarm constellation has been a game changer for research into Earth’s magnetic field and core dynamics, as set out by an ESA-funded project.
News - Success Stories
Swarm’s orbital dance: counter-rotating and closer, for the benefit of science
Since variations in Earth’s magnetic field directly reflect the flow of fluid in the outermost core, new information from Swarm will further our understanding of the physics and dynamics of Earth's stormy heart—and the satellites are recently flying in a counter-rotating phase and closer in their separation, to enable scientists to discover new elements.
News - Success Stories
Swarm unveils magnetic waves deep down
Using information from ESA’s Swarm satellite mission, scientists have discovered a completely new type of magnetic wave that sweeps across the outermost part of Earth’s outer core every seven years.
News - Operational News
Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data unavailable from 4 May 2022
Due to the recent orbit raise manoeuvres which changed the orbital configuration of Swarm Alpha and Charlie, no Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_TMS_2F) data are being produced since 4 May 2022.
News - Success Stories
Swarm data help estimate the impact of space weather
Energy from space weather mostly deposits itself as heat in the upper atmosphere, posing risks to satellites orbiting in the same altitude.
News - Operational News
Swarm Alpha and Charlie orbit raise campaign starting on 3 May 2022 - Potential impact on data quality
After more than eight years of operations, the Swarm constellation is continuing to provide multi-point measurements of the Earth’s magnetic field and ionospheric parameters with unprecedented accuracy.
News - Infographics
Swarm - ESA's magnetic field satellite mission
Learn more about ESA's Swarm mission, an Earth Explorer dedicated to studying Earth's magnetic field, in our latest infographic.
News - Thematic area articles
Satellite data central to ocean monitoring
Over 95% of Earth’s water is found in our oceans, and yet sadly, oceans are under stress from climate change and pollution. Monitoring our oceans is vital for Earth’s survival and satellites are the primary means of long-term and independent observation of our vast ocean bodies and their associated coastal zones.
News - Data Release news
New version release of Swarm Level 2 EEF data
An updated version of the Swarm Level 2 product Equatorial Electric Field (EEF) v0304 is now available on Swarm dissemination server.
News - Data Release news
New Swarm-TIRO dataset released
A new dataset, generated in the frame of Swarm-TIRO (Topside Ionosphere Radio Observations from multiple LEO-missions) project, is available.
News - General News
New Swarm Product Data Handbook available
We are pleased to announce that a new Swarm Product Data Handbook page is now available.
News - Data Release news
New Swarm plasma density and plasma irregularity dataset released
A new Swarm Level 2 data product was released on 20 February 2019. It contains several time series that characterise the plasma density and plasma irregularity along the Swarm orbits, separately calculated for each of the three satellites.
News - Data Release news
New Swarm Langmuir probe Ion Drift, density and effective Mass (SLIDEM) dataset released
A new dataset of Swarm Langmuir probe Ion Drift, density and effective Mass (SLIDEM) at 2 Hz cadence is now available for the three Swarm spacecraft on the Swarm dissemination server.
News - General News
New Swarm Field Aligned Current web tool available
We are pleased to announce that a new Field Aligned Currents (FAC) web tool is available
News - General News
New Release of VirES for Swarm 3.9.0
Version 3.9.0 of VirES for SWARM has been released.
News - General News
New Release of VirES for Swarm 3.8.0
The new version of VirES implements the Heliophysics API which means that selected datasets are now accessible via the Heliophysics Application Programming Interface (HAPI).
News - General News
New paper “Swarm Langmuir probes' data quality validation and future improvements” published
The paper “Swarm Langmuir probes' data quality validation and future improvements” by F. Catapano et al. has been published in the Geoscientific Instrumentation, Methods and Data Systems (GI) journal in March 2022.
News - Data Release news
New GRACE and GRACE-FO thermosphere datasets released
The Swarm DISC project Thermosphere Observations from Low-Earth Orbiting Satellites (TOLEOS) reprocessed all GRACE and GRACE-FO data to obtain new thermosphere density and crosswind datasets.