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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 - 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 - Data Release news
28 Sept 2020Spire data now open to users
Having launched more than 100 satellites since its creation, it currently operates a fleet of more than 90 CubeSats, the
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 - 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 - Thematic area articles
7 Dec 2023How to use space data to probe humankind’s ancient past
SkySat captures Angkor Wat in Cambodia TPMs that are currently providing high resolution or very high resolution imagery
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 - 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 - Events and Proceedings
14 Dec 2023ESA Earth observation event supports quality of New Space data
We are steadily increasing our portfolio with different types of missions for different domains, and there are currently
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 - Success Stories
17 Aug 2023Commercial and international data for fire monitoring
The Finnish ICEYE constellation, added to the TPM programme in 2021, currently consists of 27 synthetic aperture radar (SAR
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
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 - General News
29 July 2019Three 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
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
18 May 2022How 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
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 - Events and Proceedings
13 June 2022Highlights 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
8 Oct 2021Earth 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