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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 - Events and Proceedings
22 Sept 2020Φ-week 2020
Φ-week, the third edition of the annual event focusing on innovation in Earth Observation, will be a virtual event taking place the week of 28 September to 2 October.
News - Success Stories
22 Dec 2020Using Satellite Data to Predict Floods and Droughts
Scientists are turning to remote sensing to fill the in-situ data gap in hydrological data models in some parts of the world.
News - General News
8 Apr 2020Updated Terms and conditions for the use of ESA EO Missions and Third Party Missions data
Through the Earth Online website, ESA makes available to the EO user community a huge amount of data from its own heritage and current missions (Earth Explorers) as well as from Third Party Missions through agreements with external data providers. The complete list of available collections is available in the Data section.
News - Data Release news
2 Sept 2020Updated Swarm EEF dataset released
An improved version of Swarm EEFxTMS_2F products (version 0203) is now available.
News - Data Release news
10 Jan 2020Updated Swarm EEF data now available
We would like to inform Swarm data users that an improved version of EEF Level-2 product (version 0202) is now available.
News - Data Release news
30 Apr 2020Updated CryoSat magnetometer data now available
An improved version of the CryoSat magnetic field data (version 0103) is now available.
News - Operational News
30 Oct 2020Update on Swarm Alpha on-board anomaly registered on 18 October 2020
Update regarding the Swarm Alpha anomaly registered on 18 October 2020.
News - General News
13 Nov 2020Update on new registration interface
The transfer to operations of the new registration interface to access ESA Earth Observation data (EO Sign In) is progressing.
News - Events and Proceedings
14 Oct 2020The IGARSS21 Symposium will take place in Brussels from 11 - 16 July 2021
The IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS21) will be held in Brussels from 11-16 July 2021.
News - Success Stories
2 July 2020The Earthnet Programme: 40 years of evolution and future challenges
ESA's Earthnet Programme provided the initial means to access and exploit Earth Observation data.
News - General News
7 May 2020Systematic swath elevation and monthly DEMs over the Greenland Ice Sheet margin from CryoSat
The CryoTEMPO-EOLIS (Elevation Over Land Ice from Swath), the first of the CryoTEMPO products, is now available.
News - Data Release news
20 Oct 2020Systematic swath elevation and monthly DEMs over the Antarctica Ice Sheet margin from CryoSat 2
Land-ice is declining globally, raising sea levels worldwide and impacting glacial risks and access to fresh-water in high-mountain glaciers regions.
News - General News
24 Apr 2020Swarm thermo-optical properties of the satellites document updated
The Swarm document on the thermo-optical properties of the satellites provides tables and technical drawings for aerodynamic and radiation pressure modelling.
News - Operational News
20 July 2020Swarm MAGA_LR_1B data from 14 to 17 Dec 2013 now available
The 4-days gap present in the Swarm Alpha MAGx_LR_1B data from near the beginning of the mission, i.e., from 14 to 17 December 2013, has been recovered.
News - Operational News
12 Feb 2020Swarm L1B and L2 operational processors updated
On 11 February an improved version for both L1B and L2 (FAC, IBI, and TEC) Operational Processors was transferred into operation.
News - General News
20 May 2020Swarm highlights from first quarter of 2020
A look at the main operational highlights of the Swarm mission in the first quarter of this year.
News - Operational News
8 Jan 2020Swarm Bravo: VFM issue from 31 December 2019 to 03 January 2020
Due to an anomaly on the VFM (Vector Field Magnetometer) on board Swarm Bravo, the VFM science data was partially received from 31 December at 05:09 UTC to 3 January at 13:27 UTC.
News - Data Release news
24 Feb 2020Swarm Alpha: Magnetic field data regenerated from 14 to 17 February 2020
An issue was registered during the processing of the Swarm L1B magnetic field data during 14 to 17 February 2020, which is when the ASM on-board this spacecraft was commanded in Burst mode.
News - Operational News
12 Nov 2020Swarm Alpha on board anomaly for data production from 29 October 2020
As a follow-up of the news published on 20 October 2020, we are pleased to inform the user community that thanks to joint efforts from space and ground segment teams, the Swarm Alpha L1B and L2 FAC, IBI and TEC data production from 29 October. 2020 onwards is resumed.
News - Operational News
20 Aug 2020Swarm Alpha EFI-LP data gap from 12 to 13 August 2020
During a routine operation performed for the EFI on board Swarm Alpha, an issue was registered and the instrument has been rebooted, resulting in a data gap.