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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
10 years of Envisat data help to illuminate ocean processes
A decade after Envisat beamed its final image to the planet, the pioneering ESA mission is continuing to foster improved understanding of Earth’s systems.
News - Operational News
Change of access to FTP-S for ERS and Envisat atmospheric and low-rate data
As of 13 December 2023, access to a series of ERS and Envisat atmospheric and low rate data collections changed from simple FTP to FTP-S.
News - Operational News
Change of access to FTP-S for ERS and Envisat Radar Altimeter data
As of 29 November 2023, access to the ERS-1/2 and Envisat Radar Altimeter data will be changed from simple FTP to FTP-S.
News - Events and Proceedings
Data 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 - Success Stories
Decades of satellite data reveal the risks of climate tipping points
Decades-long time series that draw on ESA’s Earth observation archives are enabling scientists to uncover the threat of sudden and potentially irreversible changes to the icy parts of the planet.
News - Success Stories
Discover Earth like never before: the HEDAVI tool
The Heritage Data Visualisation tool, or HEDAVI, enables the analysis of global spatio-temporal dynamics of natural and artificial environments, covering over 40 years of ESA Earth Observation Heritage data, Third Party Missions and some Copernicus data.
News - Infographics
Envisat - 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 - Success Stories
Envisat data show how volcanoes communicate with each other
Using radar data from ESA’s Envisat mission, scientists have recently proven the elastic interaction between two Hawaiian volcanoes.
News - Success Stories
Envisat delivers a decade of insights into ocean oil slicks
More than ten years after it beamed its final image back to Earth, ESA’s Envisat satellite is still helping to investigate and address key societal and environmental challenges.
News - Operational News
Envisat-ERS (A)SAR - Enhanced Dissemination Service
ESA is pleased to announce the release of several new features as part of the ESA On-The-Fly data processing and dissemination service.
News - Operational News
EOLi-SA now dismissed
EOLi-SA Catalogue and Ordering Service is now dismissed and replaced by the ESA Simple Online Catalogue which was released in early January 2019.
News - Infographics
ERS - ESA’s first Earth observation satellites
To mark the 30th anniversary of ERS, we've released a new infographic summarising the mission.
News - Success Stories
ERS Heritage Data allow for 30 years of science
At their time of launch thirty years ago, the two ERS satellites were the most sophisticated Earth observation spacecraft ever developed and launched by Europe.
News - Success Stories
ERS' Contribution to Altimetry
Satellite radar altimetry missions have transformed the way we see Earth and its oceans. Using the ranging capability of radars, they measure the surface topography profile along a satellite’s track.
News - Maintenance News
ESA Data Dissemination Maintenance - 8 February 2024
A planned software maintenance activity will affect ESA's ERS and Envisat (A)SAR data dissemination service on Thursday 8 February 2024.
News - Maintenance News
ESA data dissemination maintenance – 10 April 2024
A planned software maintenance activity will affect ESA’s ERS and Envisat (A)SAR data dissemination service on 10 April 2024.
News - Data Release news
ESA's (A)SAR dissemination service enhanced with Envisat ASAR MR L1 data
With integration of four additional Envisat ASAR Level 1 collections, ESA is now providing access to the complete Envisat and ERS (A)SAR imagery data archive via the ESA (A)SAR Online Dissemination service.
News - General News
ESA's improved Earth system data records: what is in store for the future?
Fundamental Data Records (FDRs) are instrumental in advancing our understanding of Earth systems and for addressing societal challenges effectively. These long-term records contain uncertainty-quantified, calibrated and geo-located multi-instrument/multi-platform satellite sensor data spanning several decades to support climate-related applications.
News - Data Release news
FDR4ALT - ESA unveils new cutting-edge ERS/Envisat Altimeter and Microwave Radiometer Datasets
The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a comprehensive suite of innovative Earth system data records as part of the Fundamental Data Records for Altimetry project - FDR4ALT.
News - How to guides
HEDAVI Discover: a step-by-step guide
The Heritage Data Visualisation tool (HEDAVI) is a platform developed by the French Science Consulting for Earth Observation group, VisioTerra, which allows users to freely access over 40 years of ESA Earth Observation Heritage data, Third Party Missions and some Copernicus data.