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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
Global glacier mass change data now available from CryoSat
Measuring glacier mass changes from space is more accurate and comprehensive thanks to the CryoTEMPO-EOLIS CryoSat swath data products, which now cover glaciers worldwide.
News - Data Release news
CryoSat Ice Baseline-E Reprocessed Data - Update
Previously, quality checks of the Ice Baseline-E reprocessing products observed a discrepancy in the metadata of products with incremented version numbers (E002, E003).
News - Operational News
CryoSat Orbit under Investigation
A difference has been noticed between CryoSat predicted and actual orbits.
News - Success Stories
New CryoSat data to boost understanding of the oceans
A new CryoSat sea level anomaly product designed to enable ocean science and the development of operational marine applications has been released.
News - Data Release news
CryoSat Ice Baseline-E Reprocessed Data - Update
Quality checks of the Ice Baseline-E reprocessing products have observed a discrepancy in the metadata of products with incremented version numbers.
News - Spotlight on EO community
Meet the Quality Assurance for EO Team
The Quality Assurance For Earth Observation (also known as QA4EO) Service began its operations on 1 November 2019, providing support to the Data Quality and Algorithms Management Office at ESRIN, within the Sensor Performance, Processing and Algorithm section.
News - Success Stories
ESA missions help to reveal worldwide lake water loss trend
Climate change, human consumption and sedimentation are depleting more than half of the world’s biggest lakes of water, according to a ground-breaking analysis that drew on three decades of satellite data.
News - Data Release news
New CryoSat Ice Baseline-E Reprocessed Data – Available now!
The CryoSat Ice Baseline-E Reprocessing campaign is now complete.
News - Events and Proceedings
GLOC 2023: Democratising data access key to climate action
The need for easy access to remote sensing data and making them more digestible to the local user community, were take home messages from the first Global Space Conference on Climate Change (GLOC), held in Oslo, Norway, last week.
News - Data Release news
New CryoSat Ice Baseline-E 2018 and 2019 reprocessed data – available now!
We are pleased to inform the CryoSat scientific community that the reprocessed CryoSat Ice Baseline-E data for all of 2018 and 2019 has been published on the Science Server and is now available for download.
News - Data Release news
New CryoSat Ice Baseline-E 2016 and 2017 Reprocessed Data – Available now!
We are pleased to inform the CryoSat scientific community that the reprocessed CryoSat Ice Baseline-E data for all of 2016 and 2017 has been published on the Science Server and is now available for download.
News - Operational News
New CryoSat Geographical Mode Mask v5.0 now in operation
On 01 May 2023 a new acquisition mask, Geographical Mode Mask v5.0, was put in operation to tackle new scientific challenges and to support the future Copernicus Polar Ice and Snow Topography Altimeter (CRISTAL) mission. The previous mask v4.0 had been in operation since 2019.
News - Success Stories
ESA missions deliver new long-term perspective on sea ice decline
A 29-year timeseries of polar sea ice thickness and volume that draws on altimetry data from a succession of ESA missions has been presented at the European Geoscience Union general assembly.
News - General News
CryoSat data users - We need your feedback!
The CryoSat Quality Control (QC) team are looking for CryoSat data users to complete a quick survey about data QC.
News - Thematic area articles
Remote sensing data map impacts of natural hazards
As climate change increases the frequency and severity of natural disasters, remote sensing data can warn about extreme events and help tackle emergency situations.
News - Events and Proceedings
Scientists to showcase value of Earth observation data at EGU
Remote sensing scientists are getting ready to present innovative and exciting applications of satellite data at the European Geosciences Union general assembly which will take place from 24 to 28 April in Vienna, Austria.
News - Data Release news
Back-processed data from 2010 now available for CryoTEMPO-EOLIS Baseline 2
Following on from the release of new Baseline 2 point and gridded products for CryoTEMPO-EOLIS, the data for several regions have now been back-processed to 2010 and are available from the CryoSat Science Server.
News - Data Release news
New CryoSat Ice Baseline-E 2014 and 2015 reprocessed data – Available now!
The reprocessed CryoSat Ice Baseline-E data for all of 2014 and 2015 has now been published on the Science Server.
News - General News
CryoSat’s unparalleled record of global ice continues to 2025
CryoSat, ESA’s ice mission, has been a key to what the cryosphere community regards as a golden era for satellite altimetry.
News - Spotlight on EO community
Introducing the Aeolus and CryoSat Mission Manager
In this video, Tommaso Parrinello - CryoSat Mission Manager - talks about ESA's ice mission and some of its achievements after more than 10 years of operations.