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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 - Operational News
8 Mar 2023Swarm Bravo: regenerated FAC L2 products from 10 to 16 January 2022
Following the regeneration of L1B magnetic data after the VFM anomaly registered on Swarm Bravo on January 2022, we inform all Swarm users that the Field Aligned Current (FAC) L2 products have been regenerated as well.
News - Operational News
28 Feb 2023Swarm Bravo VFM Anomaly from 24 February 2023 - Update
Due to an issue registered on the VFM (Vector Field Magnetometer) on board Swarm Bravo, several gaps have been identified in the VFM science data.
News - Operational News
22 Feb 2023Swarm Bravo: Regenerated Magnetic L1B data from 9 to 17 January 2022
An update to all Swarm users regarding the VFM anomaly registered on Swarm Bravo between 7 and 19 January 2022.
News - Thematic area articles
24 Jan 2023Satellites expand research on Space Weather and Sun-Earth Interactions
Earth observation data provide vital warnings about the impact of solar activity and strive to unravel the influence the Sun has on Earth’s system.
News - Data Release news
10 Jan 2023New CHAMP Neutral Density and Crosswind data sets available
The Thermosphere Observations from Low-Earth Orbiting Satellites (TOLEOS) project, funded by the Swarm DISC, delivered newly reprocessed neutral density and crosswind observations for the entire CHAMP mission.
News - Operational News
3 Jan 2023Swarm Charlie VFM anomaly on 27 – 28 December 2022
Due to an anomaly registered on the VFM (Vector Field Magnetometer) on board Swarm Charlie spacecraft, the VFM science data was not received from 27 December at 19:26 UTC to 28 December 2022 at 11:07 UTC.
News - Operational News
3 Jan 2023Swarm Bravo VFM data gaps on 29 – 30 December 2022
Due to an anomaly registered on the VFM instrument on-board Swarm Bravo spacecraft, several data gaps are present in the magnetic field vector components derived from this instrument from 29 December 2022 09:59 UTC to 30 December 2022 at 07:17 UTC.
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 - 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 - Operational News
28 Nov 2022Swarm Alpha gaps on VFM data starting from 20 November 2022
Swarm Alpha gaps on VFM data starting from 20 November 2022
News - Data Release news
21 Nov 2022New release of TII Raw And Corrected Imagery Spectra dataset
An updated version of the TII Raw And Corrected Imagery / Spectra dataset (TRACIS version 0102) at low resolution (TISL1B) and high resolution (TISH1B) is available for the three Swarm spacecraft
News - Data Release news
18 Nov 2022New Release of the Swarm Langmuir Probe Ion Drift, Density and Effective Mass Dataset
An updated version of the Swarm Langmuir Probe Ion Drift, Density and Effective Mass (SLIDEM Version 0103) dataset has been released.
News - Success Stories
20 Oct 2022Swarm data help estimate the impact of space weather
Energy from space weather mostly deposits itself as heat in the upper atmosphere, posing risks to satellites orbiting in the same altitude.
News - Operational News
28 Sept 2022Swarm Level 1B and Level 2 operational processors updated
On 28 September 2022 an improved version for both L1B and L2 Operational Processors was transferred into operation.
News - Data Release news
16 Sept 2022New Swarm TRACIS product released
A new product is now available for the three Swarm spacecraft on the Swarm dissemination server.
News - Data Release news
19 Aug 2022Additional EFI TII Cross Track Flow dataset 0302 available for Swarm
Additional TII cross-track flow data is available on the Swarm dissemination server for all the Swarm satellites.
News - Operational News
16 Aug 2022Swarm Bravo: Scalar magnetic field data unavailable on 6 and 7 August 2022
Due to an issue detected in the Swarm Level 1B data processing chain, the magnetic field intensity derived from the ASM instrument and stored in MAGx_LR_1B and MAGx_CA_1B products for Swarm Bravo is set to zero on 6 and 7 August 2022.
News - Data Release news
22 July 2022New GRACE and GRACE-FO thermosphere datasets released
The Swarm DISC project Thermosphere Observations from Low-Earth Orbiting Satellites (TOLEOS) reprocessed all GRACE and GRACE-FO data to obtain new thermosphere density and crosswind datasets.
News - Operational News
15 July 2022Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data production resumed from 1 July 2022
The Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_TMS_2F) products are now available again via the dissemination server.
News - Operational News
11 July 2022Swarm Alpha Gap in Plasma data on 6 July 2022
During an orbit raise manoeuvre performed on Swarm Alpha on the 6 July 2022, an issue was registered on the EFI instrument causing an instrument switch off from 02:35 to 08:34 UTC.