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Operational News
Find out about operational issues that may affect availability or quality of ESA EO data.
News - Operational News
19 Jan 2023PROBA-1 - End of CHRIS acquisitions
The CHRIS instrument onboard PROBA-1 successfully ended its operational phase in December 2022 and will no longer acquire images.
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10 Jan 2023GOSAT data dissemination delay
Due to an equipment anomaly, there is currently a delay in providing GOSAT data after 07 January 2023, at 23:22:04 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.
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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.
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21 Dec 2022ESA-ESRIN Christmas and New Year holiday dates - 2022
The ESA EO Help Desk service will be closed for a few days over the Christmas and New Year period.
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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.
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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.
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5 Dec 2022EO Help service unavailable on 8 December 2022
The ESA EOHelp Desk service will be unavailable on Thursday 8 December 2022 due to ESA-ESRIN being closed.
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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.
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30 Nov 2022Aeolus NRT FM-A public data available after instrument switch over
The Aeolus ALADIN FM-A instrument switch-on and its commissioning have been successfully completed.
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28 Nov 2022Swarm Alpha gaps on VFM data starting from 20 November 2022
Swarm Alpha gaps on VFM data starting from 20 November 2022
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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.
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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.
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1 Aug 2022Aeolus ALADIN energy increase from 29 August to 4 September
Between 29 August and 4 September the output energy of ALADIN will be increased in support of the upcoming JATAC campaign in September.
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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.
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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.
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4 July 2022Swarm Charlie VFM anomaly from 18 to 28 June 2022
Due to an anomaly registered on the VFM (Vector Field Magnetometer) on board of Swarm Charlie, the magnetic field vector B_VFM y-component stored in MAGC_HR_1B and MAGC_LR_1B products is affected by some artefacts from 18 to 28 June 2022.
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6 June 2022Update on Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data issue
As a follow-up of the news published on 23 November 2021 and on 16 December 2021, we want to update Swarm users about the issue affecting Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_TMS_2F) data.
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31 May 2022Swarm Charlie L1B data regenerated from 22 and 23 May 2022
Due to an issue detected in the Swarm L1B data processing chain, the Swarm Charlie L1B products for 22 and 23 May 2022 were generated without nominal coverage.
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12 May 2022Swarm Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_AC) data unavailable from 4 May 2022
Due to the recent orbit raise manoeuvres which changed the orbital configuration of Swarm Alpha and Charlie, no Field-Aligned Current Dual (FAC_TMS_2F) data are being produced since 4 May 2022.