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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 - Operational News
Swarm Bravo on-board anomaly on 10 April 2024
Due to an issue on-board Swarm Bravo, the vector magnetic field data from the VFM instrument are not available from 10 April 2024 at 12:54 to 11 April 2024 at 10:27 (UTC time).
News - General News
Earth scientists better exploit Swarm data with virtual workspace
The ESA-funded Swarm virtual workspace is helping scientists make the most of a decade of valuable magnetic field data.
News - Maintenance News
ESA data dissemination maintenance – 10 April 2024
A planned software maintenance activity will affect ESA’s ERS and Envisat (A)SAR data dissemination service on 10 April 2024.
News - General News
New Swarm Field Aligned Current web tool available
We are pleased to announce that a new Field Aligned Currents (FAC) web tool is available
News - How to guides
HEDAVI Discover: a step-by-step guide
The Heritage Data Visualisation tool (HEDAVI) is a platform developed by the French Science Consulting for Earth Observation group, VisioTerra, which allows users to freely access over 40 years of ESA Earth Observation Heritage data, Third Party Missions and some Copernicus data.
News - Success Stories
Ten 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 - Data Release news
CHAMP L3 magnetic data now available on Swarm dissemination server
We are pleased to announce the release of magnetic field data from CHAMP mission on Swarm dissemination server.
News - Data Release news
Additional EFI TII Cross Track Flow dataset 0302 available for Swarm
Additional TII cross-track flow data is now available on the Swarm dissemination server for all the Swarm satellites.
News - Success Stories
Magnetic magic: 10 reasons to be excited about Swarm
In November 2023, Swarm celebrated an impressive ten years in orbit. In that time, ESA’s magnetic mission has honed in on all sorts of mysteries - from tussling magnetic blobs to animal migration.
News - Maintenance News
ESA Data Dissemination Maintenance - 8 February 2024
A planned software maintenance activity will affect ESA's ERS and Envisat (A)SAR data dissemination service on Thursday 8 February 2024.
News - Thematic area articles
Space 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 - Data Release news
New Swarm Burst and Whistler products from IPGP/CNES/CEA-Leti released
We are pleased to announce that two new Swarm products making use of Absolute Scalar Magnetometer (ASM) high-rate data at 250 Hz (acquired when the instrument is operating in Burst Mode), are now available on Swarm Dissemination Server.
News - Operational News
Gaps in Swarm-C data on 07 and 08 January 2024
On 07 January 2024 an anomaly occurred on Swarm Charlie STR instrument triggering an Attitude and Orbit Control Subsystem fallback to Coarse Pointing Mode, with a consequent switch-off of all the on-board instruments.
News - Data Release news
Reprocessed GRACE-FO thermosphere data available on Swarm dissemination Server
An updated version of the GRACE Follow-On dataset for thermosphere density and crosswind data has been published on the Swarm dissemination server.
News - General News
Swarm DISC SWITCH Project Final Presentation
The team behind the Swarm DISC project SWITCH will be making their Final Presentation on 10 January 2024, from 15:00-17:00 CET.
News - Operational News
Change of access to FTP-S for ERS and Envisat atmospheric and low-rate data
As of 13 December 2023, access to a series of ERS and Envisat atmospheric and low rate data collections changed from simple FTP to FTP-S.
News - Success Stories
Discover Earth like never before: the HEDAVI tool
The Heritage Data Visualisation tool, or HEDAVI, enables the analysis of global spatio-temporal dynamics of natural and artificial environments, covering over 40 years of ESA Earth Observation Heritage data, Third Party Missions and some Copernicus data.
News - Success Stories
Swarm 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 - Maintenance News
ESA Data Dissemination Maintenance – 23 November 2023
A software maintenance activity will affect ESA’s ERS and Envisat (A)SAR data dissemination service on Thursday 23 November 2023.
News - Operational News
Swarm Bravo: Scalar magnetic field data unavailable on 27 September 2023
Swarm Bravo scalar magnetic field data is unavailable for 27 September due to an issue in the data processing chain.