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NEWS
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 - General News
27 Feb 2024Go-to guide to Third Party Mission data offering
Data Access Guide has been published, providing technical details and information on available data collections for all current
News - Thematic area articles
29 Sept 2022How 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 - Infographics
2 Aug 2022What are the next Earth Explorers?
Four more missions are currently planned - EarthCARE, Biomass, FLEX, and FORUM - which will further our understanding of
News - Data Release news
22 July 2021New 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
31 Mar 2022Satellite data central to ocean monitoring
microwave monitoring instruments, optical imagers, and infrared radiometers, which can map ocean variables related to ocean currents
News - Infographics
12 Mar 2024Showcasing success stories from ESA's Heritage Missions
success stories showcased used data from ESA's ERS (European Remote Sensing) and Envisat satellites in combination with current
News - Success Stories
6 Mar 2020Heritage data still widely used today
Current satellite missions collect data with high frequency, with some able to systematically revisit the same location in
News - Spotlight on EO community
22 Sept 2022Meet a young researcher who studies the behaviour of volcanoes worldwide
to apply for a scholarship offered by the Chilean government to pursue PhD studies abroad, and eventually, led me to the current
News - Events and Proceedings
25 May 2022National missions in the spotlight at the Living Planet Symposium
two sessions tomorrow, Thursday 26 May, to introduce attendees to the profusion of national Earth observation missions currently
News - Success Stories
13 Apr 2021Drone-based Laser Scanning of Tropical Forests for Biomass Cal/Val
Additionally, the current GEDI mission on the International Space Station (LiDAR), the SAOCOM, NISAR, ALOS-4, and Tandem-L
News - Success Stories
27 Sept 2022Heritage 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
4 Mar 2021A stroll through Heritage Missions
In the current digital era, this confirms ESA’s commitment to maintain heritage data and keep information available, in support
News - Success Stories
7 Feb 2024Trailblazing 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
29 Apr 2021Quality Reports Advanced Search Portal takes off
The system by default will show the reports for the current month, but the user can easily choose a different type of visualisation
News - Thematic area articles
29 Aug 2023Tracking the world’s forests from space
Deforestation in Brazil Scientist’s understanding of the health of the world’s forests is being further improved through current
News - Thematic area articles
25 May 2023How satellite data empower sustainable urban growth
Some 56% of the world's population currently reside in cities and the number of urban inhabitants is expected to double by
News - Thematic area articles
30 June 2022Transforming 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
2 Mar 2022How space data are transforming the global food system
ICEYE, for example, is a constellation currently consisting of 11 X-band Synthetic Aperture Radar satellites – with seven
News - General News
8 Apr 2024ESA'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
30 Jan 2024Space data support Earth’s ecosystems
Currently, it is not possible to measure photosynthetic activity from space, but the forthcoming FLuorescence EXplorer (FLEX