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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 - Data Release news
24 Mar 2022SMOS L2 Sea Surface Salinity products documentation updates
SMOS L2 Sea Surface Salinity product validation report is now available.
News - General News
21 Dec 2021Updated SMOS documentation available
Updated versions of several SMOS data documents are now available.
News - Data Release news
28 Sept 2020Spire data now open to users
Following the submission of a project proposal, data from the Spire mission are now available.
News - Success Stories
21 Apr 2020COVID-19: Aeolus and weather forecasts
The drop in commercial flights has led to fewer measurements for weather forecasts, but fortunately, ESA’s Aeolus satellite mission is helping to fill the gap.
News - General News
27 Sept 2019Proba-V – Universal Access to Information
Proba-V data is free and openly accessible through various portals.
News - Data Release news
12 Aug 2019PlanetScope and SkySat data now available
PlanetScope and SkySat missions under evaluation. Interested users can investigate suitability of the data for scientific and R&D activities.
News - Data Release news
16 July 2019Release of new GOSAT FTS L1 products
New release of GOSAT FTS L1 products v220.220 - GOSAT data can be retrieved from the dissemination server at ftp://gosat-ds.eo.esa.int
News - Success Stories
14 May 2019Mapping salty waters
The length and precision with which climate scientists can track the salinity, or saltiness, of the oceans is set to improve dramatically.
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 - Operational News
2 May 2019Landsat-8 web portal now available on new environment
The Landsat-8 Portal service has been migrated to a new server and is accessible on the previous web address.
News - Success Stories
6 Mar 2019Odin celebrates 18 years in orbit
ESA is proud to celebrate the excellent long-lasting performance of the Swedish-led Odin mission.
News - Success Stories
4 Mar 2019Methane and ozone data products from Copernicus Sentinel-5P
Sentinel-5P used to produce global maps of atmospheric gases, methane and ozone, to give insight into where these gases are coming from.
News - Success Stories
5 Dec 2018Copernicus Sentinel-5P ozone boosts daily forecasts
Measurements of atmospheric ozone from Sentinel-5P are now being used in daily forecasts of air quality.
News - Success Stories
31 Oct 2018Metop: The power of three
Metop-A was launched in 2006 and Metop-B in 2012, and now it is time for Metop-C.
News - Success Stories
25 Sept 2018Spotlight on sea-level rise
Scientists to share findings on how satellite has revealed changes in the height of the sea, ice, inland bodies of water and more.
News - Success Stories
9 Aug 2018Satellite data allows real-time detection of potential fires
A pilot Fire Detection Service, based on real-time processing of Landsat-8 data being assessed within the framework of ESA's Earthnet Programme.
News - Success Stories
12 July 2018Copernicus Sentinel-5P releases first data
Following months of tests and careful evaluation, the first data on air pollutants from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite have been released.
News - Data Release news
20 June 2018New ERS-2 GOME Level 1 v5.1 dataset available online
A new GOME Level 1b dataset has been generated for the 16-year mission period bringing relevant quality improvements for the revised calibration approach, compensating aging and instrument degradation, and provide enhanced accessibility.
News - Data Release news
8 May 2018ESA will continue to provide ocean colour data from Indian mission
To further promote research and applications, ESA and a leading geo-information company agree to continue data acquisition from OceanSat-2.
News - Operational News
5 Jan 2018ALOS PALSAR - Issue with level 1.0 Fine Beam (stripmap) acquisitions
ALOS FBS_RAW_0P and FBD_RAW_0P collections on the dissemination server - files contained in the .CEOS bundle are incorrectly named.