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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 - Thematic area articles
Transforming 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 - Success Stories
Trailblazing ERS-2 mission enables climate change applications
As ESA’s ERS-2 satellite approaches Earth’s atmosphere for reentry, it’s time to reflect on the mission’s great achievements in powering climate-related applications.
News - Events and Proceedings
Scientists to showcase value of Earth observation data at EGU
Remote sensing scientists are getting ready to present innovative and exciting applications of satellite data at the European Geosciences Union general assembly which will take place from 24 to 28 April in Vienna, Austria.
News - General News
Satellite Radar Altimetry: past and future
Satellite radar altimetry measurements yield a wealth of information that can be used for a wide range of applications.
News - General News
Pioneering science missions: Summarising ESA’s Earth Explorers
Designed for research purposes, ESA's Earth Explorer missions are dedicated to monitoring parts of Earth’s system. Learn more about the Earth Explorers in this video.
News - Data Release news
New CryoSat BUFR products for the meteorological community
From 11 May new CryoSAT NOP data will be disseminated by ESA to the Italian MetOffice.
News - Data Release news
New Campaign datasets available
A new set of datasets is available, acquired during airborne campaigns conducted between 2014 and 2019
News - Success Stories
Mission continuity
Long-term availability of Earth observation data from a given instrument is crucial to many data users and their research—but just how does it work?
News - Spotlight on EO community
Introducing Tommaso Parrinello
In this short introduction, ESA's Aeolus and CryoSat Mission Manager, Tommaso Parrinello, describes his role in these two diverse missions.
News - Spotlight on EO community
Introducing the Aeolus and CryoSat missions
In this video, Tommaso Parrinello - Mission Manager of Aeolus and CryoSat - describes what is involved in managing the missions and the unique challenges offered by such innovative satellites.
News - Events and Proceedings
Featuring the power of Earth observation data at EGU
The European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2024 brings together geoscientists from all over the world, aiming to provide a forum where scientists and early career researchers can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts, in all fields of geoscience.
News - Success Stories
Earth Day: taking the pulse of our planet
While news of COVID-19 dominates headlines and many of us practice social distancing, there still remains the need for action on climate change - and satellites are vital in providing the key facts on this global issue.
News - Data Release news
CryoSat 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 - General News
CRYO2ICE is now on Earth Online
On 16 July, ESA is kicking off the CRYO2ICE campaign that will raise the orbit of its CryoSat-2 satellite to periodically align with NASA’s ICESat-2.
News - Infographics
An overview of ESA's Third Party Missions programme
ESA’s Third Party Missions programme consists of almost 50 satellite missions, which are owned by organisations around the world. ESA has agreements with these organisations to acquire, process, and distribute data from their missions