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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 - Success Stories
22 Mar 2018ESA forms new Earth observation advisory group
ESA forms new Earth observation advisory group on matters concerning Earth sciences included in ESA's Earth observation science programme.
News - Data Release news
20 June 2018New ERS-2 GOME Level 1 v5.1 dataset available online
A new GOME Level 1b dataset has been generated for the 16-year mission period bringing relevant quality improvements for the revised calibration approach, compensating aging and instrument degradation, and provide enhanced accessibility.
News - Success Stories
1 Apr 2020New life for Landsat historical data
45 years of data, more than 1.8 million images, these are the numbers of an adventure started 48 years ago with the launch of the first Landsat satellite.
News - Infographics
21 Apr 2020PROBA-V - ESA's vegetation monitoring mission
ESA's vegetation-monitoring mission - Proba-V - will end operations in June 2020 after seven years.
News - Operational News
10 Aug 2020New experimental phase for PROBA-V
PROBA-V has begun a new experimental phase that will continue through to October 2021.
News - Data Release news
29 Oct 2020RADARSAT-2 ESA archive online collection
The RADARSAT-2 ESA archive collection is now available on TPM LOADS Dissemination server.
News - Infographics
3 Dec 2020Envisat - ESA's versatile Earth observation satellite
Learn more about ESA's Envisat mission - the largest Earth observation satellite ever built - in a new infographic.
News - Data Release news
15 Dec 2020New Campaign datasets available
A new set of datasets is available, acquired during airborne campaigns conducted between 2014 and 2019
News - Success Stories
15 Mar 20211 km resolution aerosol optical thickness retrieved from PROBA-V
The ESA SPAR@MEP project aims to deliver a long-term data record (LTDR) of aerosol optical properties and surface reflectance from SPOT-VGT and PROBA-V observations.
News - Infographics
16 Dec 2021An overview of the very high-resolution Pleiades satellites
Find out about the achievements of the Pléiades programme in this infographic.
News - Success Stories
17 Dec 2021Pléiades celebrates 10 years and extends satellite fleet with Pléiades Neo
ESA is proud to mark the 10-year milestone of the Pléiades programme, a forerunner in providing very high resolution (VHR) commercial satellite imagery ideal for precision mapping and in-depth intelligence.
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
1 Mar 2022How Envisat helped to shape global understanding of Earth’s systems
Twenty years have passed since a ground-breaking European spacecraft designed to deliver unprecedented insight into the planet’s changing environment was lofted into orbit.
News - Infographics
20 Apr 2022PlanetScope and SkySat - The high-resolution nanosatellite constellation
Find out more about the PlanetScope and SkySat missions in our new infographic.
News - Success Stories
5 May 2022Predicting crop yield using Planet data
The world’s population continues to grow, while the climate crisis is raising Earth’s temperatures and increasing the likelihood of extreme weather events – all of which affect food security.
News - Data Release news
20 May 2022PlanetScope and Skysat data available through ESA’s Third Party Missions Programme
Through ESA’s Third Party Missions Programme, researchers, scientists and companies from around the world can apply to access Planet’s high-frequency, high-resolution satellite data for non-commercial use.
News - Events and Proceedings
26 May 2022Data preservation takes centre stage at Living Planet Symposium
Against the backdrop of the famed Rhine River, world-class scientists and Earth observation data-users are gathered this week in the historical city of Bonn, at the Living Planet Symposium (LPS).
News - Infographics
28 June 2022PROBA-1 - From technology demonstration to long-term Earth observation
Learn about ESA's PROBA-1 (Project for On-Board Autonomy) mission in our new infographic.
News - Thematic area articles
21 July 2022Space helps monitor Earth’s changing biosphere
Earth’s biosphere is continually changing. Through its pioneering Earth observation missions, ESA is making critical contributions to monitor these changes and their impacts on Earth’s water and carbon cycles.