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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
25 Mar 2024CHAMP L3 magnetic data now available on Swarm dissemination server
We are pleased to announce the release of magnetic field data from CHAMP mission on Swarm dissemination server.
News - Data Release news
8 Mar 2024Additional EFI TII Cross Track Flow dataset 0302 available for Swarm
Additional TII cross-track flow data is now available on the Swarm dissemination server for all the Swarm satellites.
News - Operational News
9 Jan 2024Gaps in Swarm-C data on 07 and 08 January 2024
On 07 January 2024 an anomaly occurred on Swarm Charlie STR instrument triggering an Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem fallback to Coarse Pointing Mode, with a consequent switch-off of all the on-board instruments.
News - Data Release news
5 Jan 2024Reprocessed GRACE-FO thermosphere data available on Swarm dissemination Server
An updated version of the GRACE Follow-On dataset for thermosphere density and crosswind data has been published on the Swarm dissemination server.
News - General News
13 Apr 2023New 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
22 Mar 2023Additional EFI TII Cross Track Flow dataset 0302 available for Swarm
Additional TII cross-track flow data is now available on the Swarm dissemination server for all the Swarm satellites.
News - Data Release news
22 Mar 2023Additional EFI TII Raw And Corrected Imagery and Spectra (TRACIS) dataset 0102 available for Swarm
Additional EFI TII Raw And Corrected Imagery and Spectra (TRACIS) data is now available on the Swarm dissemination server for all the Swarm satellites.
News - General News
21 Mar 2023ESA's excellent Earth Explorer missions extended to 2025
Since 2009, ESA’s Earth Explorer missions have pioneered breakthrough technologies and transformed our understanding of Earth’s system, from its core to the outer stretches of the atmosphere.
News - Thematic area articles
16 Aug 2022Satellites reveal changes to Earth’s icy zones
ESA’s Earth observation activities are helping scientists investigate the influence of climate change on widespread ice-losses across the planet.
News - General News
20 May 2022New Release of VirES for Swarm 3.9.0
Version 3.9.0 of VirES for SWARM has been released.
News - Data Release news
13 May 2022Updated CryoSat magnetometer data now available with new baseline 0201
An improved version of the CryoSat magnetic field data is now available on the Swarm Dissemination Server with new baseline 0201.
News - Thematic area articles
31 Mar 2022Satellite 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 - General News
24 Mar 2022New 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 - Operational News
16 Dec 2021Update 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 - Success Stories
16 Dec 2021Swarm’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 - Infographics
7 June 2021Swarm - 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 - Data Release news
5 July 2019CryoSat magnetometer data now available to support Swarm Sciences
We are pleased to announce the new release of magnetic field data recorded by Fluxgate magnetometers, operating on-board ESA's CryoSat mission.
News - Success Stories
13 May 2019ESA's Earth Explorers surpassing expectations
In this video, learn how each Earth Explorer mission is contributing to Earth science, and changing the way we look at our beloved planet.