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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
8 Mar 2024FDR4ALT - ESA unveils new cutting-edge ERS/Envisat Altimeter and Microwave Radiometer Datasets
The European Space Agency (ESA) has developed a comprehensive suite of innovative Earth system data records as part of the Fundamental Data Records for Altimetry project - FDR4ALT.
News - Operational News
28 Nov 2023Change of access to FTP-S for ERS and Envisat Radar Altimeter data
As of 29 November 2023, access to the ERS-1/2 and Envisat Radar Altimeter data will be changed from simple FTP to FTP-S.
News - Events and Proceedings
26 May 2022Data preservation takes centre stage at Living Planet Symposium
Against the backdrop of the famed Rhine River, world-class scientists and Earth observation data-users are gathered this week in the historical city of Bonn, at the Living Planet Symposium (LPS).
News - Thematic area articles
18 May 2022How ESA uses space data to explore deep Earth
As anthropogenic activities continue to unbalance our environment, scientists strive to fully understand the intricate interactions within Earth’s system.
News - Spotlight on EO community
12 Apr 2022Interviewing Mirko Albani
ESA’s Heritage Space Programme Manager describes the goals of the programme, some of the challenges involved in preserving and improving 40 years of historical Earth observation data, and his passion for curating this long-term archive.
News - Success Stories
9 Mar 202210 years of Envisat data help to illuminate ocean processes
A decade after Envisat beamed its final image to the planet, the pioneering ESA mission is continuing to foster improved understanding of Earth’s systems.
News - Spotlight on EO community
4 Mar 2022Introducing Mirko Albani
In this short introduction, ESA's Heritage Missions Programme Manager describes what he likes most about ESA's long term archive of satellite mission data and his role in the programme.
News - Success Stories
1 Mar 2022How Envisat helped to shape global understanding of Earth’s systems
Twenty years have passed since a ground-breaking European spacecraft designed to deliver unprecedented insight into the planet’s changing environment was lofted into orbit.
News - Success Stories
11 Oct 2021ERS' Contribution to Altimetry
Satellite radar altimetry missions have transformed the way we see Earth and its oceans. Using the ranging capability of radars, they measure the surface topography profile along a satellite’s track.
News - Data Release news
22 July 2021New reprocessing of datasets celebrates 30 years of ERS
The ERS programme celebrated its 30th anniversary on 17 July. Today, we are still exploiting ERS data and experts continue to work on improving the altimeter, radiometer and SAR data the programme acquired.
News - Success Stories
19 July 2021ERS Heritage Data allow for 30 years of science
At their time of launch thirty years ago, the two ERS satellites were the most sophisticated Earth observation spacecraft ever developed and launched by Europe.
News - Infographics
16 July 2021ERS - ESA’s first Earth observation satellites
To mark the 30th anniversary of ERS, we've released a new infographic summarising the mission.
News - Infographics
3 May 2021GOCE – An overview of ESA’s gravity satellite mission
Learn more about ESA's first Earth Explorer - the Gravity field and Ocean Circulation Explorer (GOCE) mission - in our latest infographic.
News - Data Release news
15 Mar 2021New product baseline for the GOCE Gravity solution Grids available
A second product baseline of the GOCE Gridded Gravity gradients and anomalies at Ground Level and at Satellite Height has been generated and released to users.
News - General News
28 Feb 2020New GOCE Online Dissemination Service
We are pleased to announce the opening of the new ESA GOCE Online Dissemination Service which is integrated with ESA's EO Sign In service (EO Sign In).
News - Operational News
18 Oct 2019GOCE satellite housekeeping parameters database
All GOCE satellite housekeeping telemetry parameters have been published on the GOCE Online Dissemination Service.
News - Operational News
9 July 2019Release 6 of the GOCE Gravity Field Model variance covariance matrix published
Release 6 of the GOCE Gravity Field Model variance covariance matrix is now available on the GOCE Online Dissemination Service.
News - Operational News
10 June 2019Release 6 of the GOCE Gravity Field Model now available
Release 6 of the GOCE Gravity Field Model is now available on the GOCE Online Dissemination Service.
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.
News - Data Release news
18 Apr 2019Version 2.0 of GOCE thermosphere reprocessed data released
Version 2.0 of the GOCE thermosphere dataset is now available on the GOCE Online Dissemination Service.