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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.
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29 Sept 2023CASSIOPE/Swarm-E celebrates 10th anniversary
We're thrilled to announce an exciting milestone in space exploration – the 10th anniversary of the CASSIOPE (now known as Swarm-Echo) satellite’s launch! Launched in 2013 by the Canadian Space Agency, CASSIOPE is now part of ESA’s Swarm mission.
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14 Sept 2023Cloud-free collections key for land monitoring
Satellite imagery is a crucially important tool for monitoring the land, but cloud cover can often block parts of Earth’s surface from view, limiting subsequent analyses.
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28 Aug 2023New Swarm Invitation To Tender - 4D Ionosphere and two extra themes
ESA is opening a set of research opportunities focused on four main topics with the common goal to explore and advance different but inter-related aspects of ionospheric research.
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7 Aug 2023Share your views on ESA data access services
ESA is looking for insight into how we can improve our Earth observation data access services. If you would like to help, we welcome your feedback with a short survey.
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27 July 2023How to access data advertised by an ESA Announcement of Opportunity
This guide sets out how to request access to Earth observation data promoted through an ESA Announcement of Opportunity (AO).
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17 July 2023SMOS Tools updates
Updates for two SMOS tools have been released, offering new features and improvements.
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16 May 2023Big ambitions as Swarm mission soars on
For nearly a decade ESA’s magnetic field mission has taken us on a journey from Earth’s core to the magnetosphere, and almost everything in between.
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15 May 2023Swarm DISC pre-study 5.2 finalised
The Swarm DISC pre-study 5.2 is finalized and the report has been published.
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27 Apr 2023CryoSat 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.
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13 Apr 2023New Swarm Product Data Handbook available
We are pleased to announce that a new Swarm Product Data Handbook page is now available.
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3 Apr 2023CryoSat’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.
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27 Mar 2023Overachieving SMOS mission primed for continued success
ESA’s Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity mission (SMOS) was the second Earth Explorer launched in 2009. Over 13 years on, having already vastly exceeded its predicted lifetime and initial objectives, the mission has been further extended until at least the end of 2025.
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24 Mar 2023Swarm DQW#12 Summary and Recommendation report published
We are pleased to inform the Swarm user community that the "Swarm DQW#12 Summary and Recommendation report" has been finalised and now published
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21 Mar 2023ESA's excellent Earth Explorer missions extended to 2025
Since 2009, ESA’s Earth Explorer missions have pioneered breakthrough technologies and transformed our understanding of Earth’s system, from its core to the outer stretches of the atmosphere.
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9 Mar 2023New Space harmonisation drives development of reference calibration and validation networks
As New Space providers continue to strengthen the worldwide offering of remote sensing data, ESA supports the harmonisation of calibration activities and development of reference calibration and validation (Cal/Val) sites.
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23 Feb 2023Stunning new features for ESA and NASA altimetry portal cs2eo.org
Working with combined ESA and NASA altimetry data is easier than ever thanks to a range of handy new features on cs2eo.org.
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16 Feb 2023International collaboration: Summarising ESA’s Third Party Missions
ESA’s Third Party Missions programme consists of more than 50 missions from around the world. Learn more about the Third Party Missions in this video.
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8 Feb 2023Pioneering science missions: Summarising ESA’s Earth Explorers
Designed for research purposes, ESA's Earth Explorer missions are dedicated to monitoring parts of Earth’s system. Learn more about the Earth Explorers in this video.
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2 Feb 2023Long-term data: Summarising ESA’s Heritage missions
ESA’s Heritage Space Programme preserves data from non-operational missions. Learn more about the Heritage missions in this video.
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1 Feb 2023How to access Earth observation data distributed by ESA - Fast Registration
Researchers can quickly obtain datasets from ESA’s Third Party Missions and Heritage Missions on a free basis, by using the Fast Registration mechanism.