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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 - Success Stories
Long-term satellite data show wind farms can affect local air currents
Long-term measurements allow before and after comparison Data from the heritage Envisat satellite currently maintained accessible
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 - Events and Proceedings
Φ-Week Triumphs
Opening Session Title: Φ-Week's Opening Session Description: During the fourth edition of ESA’s Φ -Week, Josef Aschbacher, current
News - Success Stories
TPM data help advance plastic litter detection from space
detection and tracking of large marine litter based on high-resolution remote sensing time series, machine learning, and ocean current
News - Infographics
Showcasing the NovaSAR-1 radar satellite
NovaSAR-1 is currently under assessment to join ESA's Third Party Missions programme.
News - Announcement of Opportunity updates
ESA encourages S-band applications with NovaSAR-1 Announcement of Opportunity
There are currently over 60 instruments providing data from more than 50 TPMs and the data can be accessed for free for research
News - General News
Introducing the newest Third Party Mission: ICEYE
All current ICEYE imaging modes are offered through the TPM Programme.
News - Infographics
Showcasing 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 - Data Release news
ESA's (A)SAR dissemination service enhanced with Envisat ASAR MR L1 data
Note that the ESA EO Data Gateway service currently providing access to the Envisat ASAR MR Level 1 data is being phased
News - Thematic area articles
How 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
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 - Data Release news
PlanetScope and Skysat data available through ESA’s Third Party Missions Programme
The PlanetScope camera on each DOVE cubesat operates currently in four bands (red, green, blue and near infra-red) or five
News - Success Stories
Atmosphere-studying Odin mission enjoys ongoing success
Another research project – which is currently being completed – focuses on the eruption of the Hunga Tonga submarine volcano
News - Success Stories
SAOCOM the Argentinean constellation with an Italian twist
For these reasons, SAOCOM currently represents a valuable asset for Argentina, Italy and for all the worldwide users who
News - Data Release news
ALOS PALSAR WB1 Collection now available online
A background activity is also currently underway for all ESA collections of PALSAR data and will be performed on the WB1
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 - Success Stories
How Envisat helped to shape global understanding of Earth’s systems
including melting Arctic sea ice, global sea level rise, fluctuations in the extent of the Antarctic ozone hole, and ocean currents
News - Success Stories
Commercial 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 - Data Release news
New FLEX-related campaign datasets released
This highlights that FLEX will be able to acquire measurements during conditions current techniques cannot support.