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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 - Events and Proceedings
25 Oct 2021Φ-Week Triumphs
In its fourth edition, Φ-Week presented the scientific community with amazing opportunities and projects—thus running alongside innovation at 360 degrees.
News - Success Stories
5 July 2019What's happening to Greenland's ice?
Heatwave conditions catapulted Greenland into an early Arctic summer in June, prompting widespread melting across its icesheet surface.
News - Events and Proceedings
8 June 2022VHR Data Quality in the limelight
In recent years, the satellite landscape has steadily expanded with a variety of very high resolution (VHR) commercial satellites, also emerging from new space providers. A result of this growth is an increased need to address data quality assurance.
News - Data Release news
2 Sept 2020Updated Swarm EEF dataset released
An improved version of Swarm EEFxTMS_2F products (version 0203) is now available.
News - Data Release news
10 Jan 2020Updated Swarm EEF data now available
We would like to inform Swarm data users that an improved version of EEF Level-2 product (version 0202) is now available.
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 - Data Release news
30 Apr 2020Updated CryoSat magnetometer data now available
An improved version of the CryoSat magnetic field data (version 0103) is now available.
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 - Operational News
6 June 2022Update on Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data issue
As a follow-up of the news published on 23 November 2021 and on 16 December 2021, we want to update Swarm users about the issue affecting Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_TMS_2F) data.
News - Operational News
19 Jan 2024Update in Swarm Orbit Counter product
Starting from 17 January 2024, a modification has been introduced in the processing of Swarm Orbit Counter product AUXxORBCNT, which extends the file coverage to 2 days ahead.
News - Data Release news
26 July 2022Two new ESA archive collections have been opened for PlanetScope and SkySat
PlanetScope ESA archive and SkySat ESA archive collections are available through ESA’s Third Party Missions programme via Fast Approval Registration.
News - Success Stories
5 June 2023TPM data help advance plastic litter detection from space
Several innovative ESA Discovery element projects exploring remote sensing of plastic marine litter lean on commercial satellite data disseminated via the Agency’s Third Party Mission programme.
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 - Success Stories
26 Mar 2024Ten years of Swarm data help reveal processes in Earth’s core
The tenth birthday of ESA’s three-satellite Swarm constellation has been a game changer for research into Earth’s magnetic field and core dynamics, as set out by an ESA-funded project.
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 - 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 - Success Stories
23 May 2022Swarm unveils magnetic waves deep down
Using information from ESA’s Swarm satellite mission, scientists have discovered a completely new type of magnetic wave that sweeps across the outermost part of Earth’s outer core every seven years.
News - General News
24 Apr 2020Swarm thermo-optical properties of the satellites document updated
The Swarm document on the thermo-optical properties of the satellites provides tables and technical drawings for aerodynamic and radiation pressure modelling.
News - Success Stories
22 Nov 2023Swarm set for continued success after 10 years in orbit
ESA’s mission to unravel the mysteries of Earth’s magnetic field has just reached a decade of successful operations.
News - Data Release news
12 Sept 2019Swarm non-gravitational acceleration and thermosphere density data reprocessed
Swarm non-gravitational acceleration and thermosphere density data reprocessed from November 2013 to July 2019 for all three Swarm satellites.