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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 - Data Release news
6 Oct 2022ICEYE ESA archive collection now available to users
ICEYE ESA archive collection is now available worldwide through ESA’s Third Party Missions programme. The ESA archive collections consist of products requested by ESA-supported projects worldwide, and, therefore, the products are scattered and dispersed over the territory in different time windows. The datasets regularly grow as ESA collects new products over the years.
News - Events and Proceedings
28 Sept 2022Very High Resolution data to take centre stage
In the last few years, European New Space providers have helped strengthen the offering of very high resolution remote sensing data products—a designated workshop this November aims to focus on the latest developments in this arena.
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 - Spotlight on EO community
20 Jan 2022Meet ESA's Swarm Mission Manager
Anja Strømme, ESA's Swarm Mission Manager, describes in detail the wonders of the Swarm mission.
News - Success Stories
20 Dec 2021ICEYE, the World’s First SAR New Space Constellation
ICEYE is a revolutionary Finnish company that developed and launched the world’s first under-100 kilogram synthetic-aperture radar (SAR) satellites into orbit.
News - Data Release news
16 July 2021New Swarm Ion Temperature Estimation (SITE) data product released
A new dataset of Swarm Ion Temperature Estimation (SITE) is now available for the three Swarm spacecraft.
News - Infographics
7 June 2021Swarm - ESA's magnetic field satellite mission
Learn more about ESA's Swarm mission, an Earth Explorer dedicated to studying Earth's magnetic field, in our latest 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 - Success Stories
30 Oct 2020CryoSat-2 Data Used to Measure Ionospheric Currents
A new study has shown that navigation magnetometer data from the CryoSat-2 and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) satellites can be used to diagnose weak low-/mid-latitude ionospheric currents.
News - Operational News
1 July 2019New version of the Swarm Weekly Quality Report
Starting from the week 8-14 April, a new version of the Swarm Quality Report will be introduced.
News - Operational News
10 June 2019Swarm Charlie: EFI data gap from 2 to 4 June 2019
Due to an issue with the EFI on-board Swarm Charlie, no Langmuir Probe data is available for 2 to 4 June 2019.
News - Events and Proceedings
27 May 2019Eighth Swarm Data Quality Workshop report published in EOS
A summary of the 2018 Swarm Data Quality Workshop has been published in the Earth and Space Science (EOS) journal.
News - Operational News
21 May 2019Swarm Alpha: L1B ASM data gap from 13 to 20 May 2019
From 13 to 20 May 2019, the ASM (Absolute Scalar Magnetometer) instrument on board Swarm Alpha was commanded in burst mode.
News - Operational News
17 May 2019Swarm Alpha: EFI data gap on 12 May 2019
An EFI/TII gain calibration map has been executed on 12 May 2019 onboard Swarm Alpha.
News - General News
7 May 2019Significant improvements on Swarm Thermal Ion Imagers data
Constant improvement in the strategies to operate the two Thermal Ion Imager sensors on-board each Swarm spacecraft allow increase in data coverage and quality.
News - Operational News
15 Mar 2019Swarm Alpha and Charlie: STR instruments set at 2 Hz rate from December 2018
The attitude information of the Swarm Star Tracker (STR) instruments are set at 2 Hz rate from December 2018, instead of the previous 1 Hz.