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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 - Infographics
19 Dec 2022Quick guide to Data Service Request submission
Follow this quick guide to learn how to submit a Data Service Request, which is required when applying for level zero (A)SAR data from ESA's European Remote Sensing satellites (ERS) and the Envisat mission.
News - Operational News
13 Dec 2022Swarm Alpha - VFM data back to nominal from 6 December 2022
The Swarm Alpha VFM data is back to nominal as of 6 December 2022.
News - Thematic area articles
9 Dec 2022Global understanding of Earth's land surfaces greatly boosted by satellite data
ESA perform land surface monitoring with a range of instruments onboard satellites acquiring optical and radar data. Collections of data from these missions are freely available for research purposes.
News - Operational News
5 Dec 2022Swarm L1B and L2-Cat2 data production recovered
As follow up of the news relevant to the L1B and L2-Cat2 SWARM data production unavailability, we inform users that the issue has been solved and the nominal production has been recovered without any gaps.
News - General News
5 Dec 2022How to request level zero radar data from ERS and Envisat
To apply to use level zero (A)SAR radar data from ESA’s European Remote Sensing satellites (ERS-1 and ERS-2) and its Envisat mission for research purposes, you should prepare and submit an online form – called a Data Service Request – to put forward your proposed project to ESA for evaluation.
News - Operational News
1 Dec 2022Missing L1B and L2-Cat2 Swarm data production since 26 November 2022
Due to the unavailability of some external input files, the Swarm L1B and L2-Cat2 operational production is missing since 26 November 2022.
News - Events and Proceedings
24 Dec 2021Seven new science challenges from the 2021 Swarm+ Science Workshop
The Summary and Recommendations report from the Swarm+ Science Workshop is now available, which describes the main scientific challenges to be tackled by ESA in future studies.
News - Spotlight on EO community
21 Dec 2021Presenting ESA's Swarm Mission Manager
Anja Strømme, ESA's Swarm Mission Manager, introduces herself and describes what she likes best about this mission.
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 - 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 - Operational News
16 Dec 2021Swarm EFI LP partial data gap between 7 and 11 December 2021
Some EFI-TII Gain Map Calibration was executed on the three Swarm spacecraft between 7 and 11 December 2021
News - Infographics
3 Dec 2020Envisat - ESA's versatile Earth observation satellite
Learn more about ESA's Envisat mission - the largest Earth observation satellite ever built - in a new infographic.
News - Data Release news
4 Dec 2019Swarm E CASSIOPE precise orbits and attitude data released
Precise orbits for the year 2018 and attitude quaternions for the period from January 2014 to January 2019 were produced for the CASSIOPE/e-POP, which was incorporated as the fourth element of the Swarm constellation (Swarm-Echo) in 2018. These data sets are now available on the Swarm dissemination server.
News - Data Release news
6 Dec 2018GOME TCWV Climate product available online
GOME Total Column Water Vapour (TCWV) Climate product developed within the ESA GOME-Evolution project is now accessible from the ESA data archives together with the ERS-2 GOME data.