- All Categories (1345)
- Data (33)
- News (126)
- Missions (3)
- Events (32)
- Tools (25)
- Activities (7)
- Campaigns (14)
- Documents (1105)
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
17 July 2023Young scientists bid farewell to ESA's wind mission
Students and early career researchers are saying an emotional goodbye to Aeolus ahead of its upcoming reentry.
News - Events and Proceedings
16 Sept 2022Workshop on SMOS for Space Weather
A hybrid event will take place from 12:00 to 16:00 UTC on 14 November 2022 to report on the results of ESA projects using SMOS data for Space Weather applications.
News - Success Stories
27 Oct 2021Wind measurement campaign validates Aeolus data
Aeolus VAlidation Through Airborne LidaRs in the Tropics (AVATART) was one of the two scientific campaigns carried out on Sal Island, Cape Verde during the month of September 2021.
News - Infographics
5 Apr 2022What is Aeolus VRE?
Learn more about the the Aeolus Virtual Research Environment (VRE), the latest extension to the VirES for Aeolus service, in this infographic.
News - Success Stories
24 Mar 2021Water mission takes on space weather
Adding to SMOS’ list of talents, new findings show that what was considered noise in the mission’s data can actually be used to monitor solar activity and space weather, which can damage communication and navigation systems.
News - General News
21 Dec 2021Updated SMOS documentation available
Updated versions of several SMOS data documents are now available.
News - Operational News
5 Dec 2023Update for the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor configuration
An updated configuration of the SMOS Near Real Time Sea Surface Wind Speed Processor was deployed at the IFREMER and ESA operational ground segment on 4th December 2023.
News - Operational News
14 Mar 2024Transition from FTP to FTPS for SMOS, Aeolus and Campaign data dissemination systems
As of 15 April 2024 access to the SMOS, Aeolus and Campaign data will be changed from simple FTP to FTPS.
News - Thematic area articles
30 June 2022Transforming space data into climate action
ESA’s Earth observation activities are playing a key role in the revitalised global drive to combat climate change.
News - General News
29 July 2019Three new Third Party Missions under evaluation
ICEYE, PlanetScope and Spire under evaluation. Interested users can investigate suitability of the data for scientific and R&D activities.
News - Infographics
12 Dec 2022The JATAC campaign - Supporting ESA's Aeolus mission
A new infographic has been released for the Joint Aeolus Tropical Atlantic Campaign (JATAC).
News - Operational News
24 Apr 2023The divine keeper of the winds retires
ESA’s fifth Earth Explorer - Aeolus - is due to retire soon, but will provide fully nominal data up to the end of operations on 30 April.
News - Success Stories
30 Aug 2023Synergy of space data helps modernise irrigation systems
The growing demands on agriculture, coupled with the climate crisis, are pressurising Earth’s valuable freshwater resources and making assessment of water practices ever more important.
News - Events and Proceedings
21 Oct 2019Special event for 10th anniversary of SMOS
Earth Explorers for Climate - The contribution from SMOS - an event to mark the 10th anniversary of SMOS mission.
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.
News - Thematic area articles
30 Jan 2024Space data support Earth’s ecosystems
ESA’s Earth observation (EO) missions are making a critical contribution to monitoring transformations in our planet’s ecosystems, helping track changes in the vegetation, soil, and ocean that affect these systems.
News - Thematic area articles
27 Apr 2022Space data help to unravel the complexities of Earth’s atmosphere
As the impacts of the climate crisis intensify, scientists are using ESA’s Earth observation archives to investigate atmospheric processes and their influences on the planet’s changing environment.
News - Operational News
13 Feb 2024SMOS Winds Product data gap recovery
From 28 January 2024 to 9 February 2024, several Level 1 products used as an input to the SMOS winds processor were flagged with a warning.
News - Operational News
10 Nov 2023SMOS Winds product configuration updates
Since 5 November 2023, several level 1 products used as input to the SMOS winds processor were flagged as warning due to antenna temperature exceeding 29° C for some of the units located in arm-A.
News - General News
17 July 2023SMOS Tools updates
Updates for two SMOS tools have been released, offering new features and improvements.