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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 - Thematic area articles
How satellite data help to shape society
Title: Current drought situation in Ebro basin Description: The SMOS soil-moisture-based drought monitor is updated monthly
News - Data Release news
New reprocessing of datasets celebrates 30 years of ERS
For each surface, the experts will use our current knowledge acquired over 30 years of experience, to improve the ERS altimetric
News - Thematic area articles
Satellite data central to ocean monitoring
microwave monitoring instruments, optical imagers, and infrared radiometers, which can map ocean variables related to ocean currents
News - General News
Introducing the newest Third Party Mission: ICEYE
All current ICEYE imaging modes are offered through the TPM Programme.
News - Success Stories
Heritage data still widely used today
Current satellite missions collect data with high frequency, with some able to systematically revisit the same location in
News - Success Stories
Heritage data trains neural networks to detect urban sprawl
Since they’ve been trained identically, they can help monitor both current and past urban changes.
News - Success Stories
Trailblazing ERS-2 mission enables climate change applications
Varied elevations of Bachu in western China InSAR is currently one of the most accurate methods to generate digital elevation
News - General News
ICEYE data available for assessment
Currently, the satellites operate in two primary modes called ‘Spotlight Mode’ and ‘Stripmap Mode’, with each mode providing
News - General News
Three new Third Party Missions under evaluation
Currently it operates five RapidEye satellites, 122 Dove satellites (i.e. PlanetScope), and 15 SkySat satellites.
News - Thematic area articles
Transforming space data into climate action
By combining high-quality data from both current and previous missions, scientists are improving their understanding of the
News - Thematic area articles
How ESA uses space data to explore deep Earth
Swarm maps core dynamics The swirling, conducting iron in Earth’s liquid outer core create powerful electric currents, which
News - General News
ESA's improved Earth system data records: what is in store for the future?
The current focus is on spectral windows in the Ultraviolet-Visible-Near Infrared regions for the retrieval of atmospheric
News - Thematic area articles
Space data support Earth’s ecosystems
Currently, it is not possible to measure photosynthetic activity from space, but the forthcoming FLuorescence EXplorer (FLEX
News - Thematic area articles
Satellites reveal changes to Earth’s icy zones
By combining information collected by current and previous missions, researchers can estimate how the cryosphere is evolving
News - Events and Proceedings
Highlights from Living Planet Symposium
ESA will continue to pursue recovery and reprocessing of heritage data to extend time series and complement data from current
News - Success Stories
Earth Observation data to improve navigation risk modelling and shipping routes
improve the detection of unreported features in the maritime AIS system and the statistical evaluation of the accuracy of current