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Campaign using surface reflectance data to support validation of Earth observation products
14 July 2022
Scientists from around the world are set to take part in a drone monitoring campaign and inter-comparison exercise that will deliver surface reflectance data to support the validation of Earth observation products.
ESA's new DataCube service is now available
29 Sept 2020
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.
ESA’s Earth Observation Catalogue and its services
29 Sept 2020
EO-CAT is the EO Catalogue tool allowing users to search ESA and Third Party Mission collections.
Full version of QRAS Portal released
21 June 2021
The new, full version, of the Quality Reports Advanced Search (QRAS) Portal launched today, adding new features to support users looking for Quality Control Reports on ESA and Third Party Missions.
Go-to guide to Third Party Mission data offering
27 Feb 2024
ESA’s latest Third Party Missions Data Access Guide has been published, providing technical details and information on available data collections for all current or past Third Party Missions.
Improved resolution for SkySat data and extension of Planet data availability
14 Sept 2020
The SkySat satellites orbits has been lowered from 500km to 450km altitude and various processing improvements have been implemented by Planet.
International collaboration: Summarising ESA’s Third Party Missions
16 Feb 2023
ESA’s Third Party Missions programme consists of more than 50 missions from around the world. Learn more about the Third Party Missions in this video.
New experimental phase for PROBA-V
10 Aug 2020
PROBA-V has begun a new experimental phase that will continue through to October 2021.
PlanetScope and Skysat data available through ESA’s Third Party Missions Programme
20 May 2022
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.
PROBA-V ‘Collection 2’ - Reprocessed Dataset available
11 Apr 2023
The improved PROBA-V data (Collection 2) has been released. Data is available via the PROBA-V MEP and Terrascope platforms so users can freely exploit the data using Virtual machines, Jupyter Notebooks, and the new viewing application.
PROBA-V 2018-2019 Antarctica data now available
7 Mar 2019
For the second consecutive austral summer season, PROBA-V observed Antarctica and its ongoing changes.
PROBA-V data available over Antarctica
5 Mar 2018
Due to a huge amount of interest, it was decided to acquire PROBA-V data over Antarctica from November 2017 to February 2018.
PROBA-V global land cover maps released
15 May 2019
Copernicus Global Land Service team have released their new set of global land cover layers for the year 2015.
PROBA-V, ready to close its green eyes
26 Oct 2021
While the operational lifetime of the global PROBA-V mission already ended on 30 June 2020 after more than 7 years in orbit, its vegetation instrument remained capturing the European and African land mass in experimental mode ever since.
PROBA-V’s companion explores low-cost remote sensing
4 Oct 2023
With the launch of PROBA-V’s Companion CubeSat (PV-CC), ESA supports a future where clusters of cheaper, small satellites could complement full-scale missions for Earth observation.
Quality Reports Advanced Search Portal takes off
29 Apr 2021
The Quality Reports Advanced Search (QRAS) Portal is a system that provides a set of functionalities for searching, filtering, visualising and downloading of Earth Observation reports data, from multiple missions.
Sample data products from ESA’s Third Party Missions
13 Feb 2024
Samples of data products from a range of Third Party Missions are now available to download, offering a preview of what these missions provide.
Three new Third Party Missions under evaluation
29 July 2019
ICEYE, PlanetScope and Spire under evaluation. Interested users can investigate suitability of the data for scientific and R&D activities.