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Spotlight on Third Party Mission provider: EUSI
European Space Imaging (EUSI) is one of ESA’s suppliers of commercial Very High Resolution (VHR) satellite imagery for scientific research in Earth Observation (EO).
COSMO SkyMed Second Generation-SkyMed Sample Data
Download free COSMO-SkyMed Second Generation sample datasets to preview products available for this mission.
The COSMO-SkyMed series - Two generations of SAR satellites
Learn about the COSMO-SkyMed (Constellation of small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation) series in our latest infographic.
11th International Workshop on PolInSAR and Biomass
Organised by ESA, the workshop will be held at Espaces Vanel Toulouse, France on the 19 - 23 June 2023
2007 International Geohazards Week
The ESA event was part of the United Nations International Year of Planet Earth, to increase awareness of the importance of Earth sciences for the advancement of sustainable development.
SPOT-6 to 7 full archive and tasking
The SPOT 6 and 7 satellites ensure data continuity with the no longer operational SPOT 5 satellite and provide an archive of very high resolution optical acquisition as well as the possibility to task the satellites for new acquisitions. Following the completion of the SPOT 7 mission in March 2023, new acquisition tasking is only available for the SPOT 6 satellite. The ortho-products are automatically generated by the SPOT 6 and 7 ground segment, based on SRTM database or Reference3D when available. The applied geographical projection is WGS84 UTM. Spectral band combination options: Panchromatic: black and white image at 1.5 m resolution Pansharpened: 3-bands or 4 bands colour image at 1.5 m resolution Multispectral: 4 bands image at 6m resolution Bundle: 1.5 m panchromatic image and 6 m multispectral image, co-registered. There are two different geometric processing levels: Primary: The Primary product is the processing level closest to the natural image acquired by the sensor. This product restores perfect collection conditions: the sensor is placed in rectilinear geometry, and the image is clear of all radiometric distortion. Ortho: The Ortho product is a georeferenced image in Earth geometry, corrected from acquisition and terrain off-nadir effects. Available in Mono acquisition mode only. Acquisition modes: Mono Stereo Tristereo To complement the traditional and fully customised ordering and download of selected SPOT, Pléiades or Pléiades Neo images in a variety of data formats, you can also subscribe to the OneAtlas Living Library package where the entire OneAtlas optical archive of ortho images is updated on a daily basis and made available for streaming or download. The Living Library consists of less-than-18-months-old imagery a curation of SPOT images with no cloud cover and less than 30° incidence angle Pléiades images acquired worldwide with maximum 15% cloud cover and 30° Incidence Angle Pléiades Neo premium imagery selection with 2% cloud cover and 30° incidence angle Available subscription packages (to be consumed within one year of activation) Subscription package Download Streaming OneAtlas Living Library subscription package 1 You may request up to: 230 km2 Pléiades Neo 430 km2 Pléiades 1,500 km2 SPOT You may request up to: 500 km2 Pléiades Neo 2,000 km2 Pléiades 7,500 km2 SPOT OneAtlas Living Library subscription package 2 You may request up to: 654 km2 Pléiades Neo 1,214 km2 Pléiades 4,250 km2 SPOT You may request up to: 1,417 km2 Pléiades Neo 5,666 km2 Pléiades 21,250 km2 SPOT OneAtlas Living Library subscription package 3 You may request up to: 1,161 km2 Pléiades Neo 2,156 km2 Pléiades 7,545 km2 SPOT You may request up to: 2,515 km2 Pléiades Neo 10,060 km2 Pléiades 37,723 km2 SPOT Each package provides access to both download and streaming options. Depending on their preferences and needs, users can choose streaming only, download only, or a combination of both. The amounts presented in the table reflect consumption based solely on one type—either streaming or download—from a single mission As per ESA policy, very high-resolution imagery of conflict areas cannot be provided.
8_Nicole Dore_pdf.pdf
RADARSAT-2 polarimetric multi incidence angle analysis over Archaeological Site - the UNESCO ancient city of Samarra (Iraq) N. Dore [University of Rennes1 - France]
7_Patruno.pdf
Multi frequency polarimetric SAR sensors analysis - The archaeological UNESCO site of Djebel Barkal (Sudan) J. Patruno [Univerisity of Rennes1 - France]
Announcement of Opportunity for NoR
ESA invites submissions for the Network of Resources (NoR) call, which aims to support research, development and pre-commercial users to innovate their working practices, moving from a data download paradigm towards a 'bring the user to the data' paradigm.
New life for Landsat historical data
45 years of data, more than 1.8 million images, these are the numbers of an adventure started 48 years ago with the launch of the first Landsat satellite.
IKONOS ESA archive
ESA maintains an archive of IKONOS Geo Ortho Kit data previously requested through the TPM scheme and acquired between 2000 and 2008, over Europe, North Africa and the Middle East. The imagery products gathered from IKONOS are categorised according to positional accuracy, which is determined by the reliability of an object in the image to be within the specified accuracy of the actual location of the object on the ground. Within each IKONOS-derived product, location error is defined by a circular error at 90% confidence (CE90), which means that locations of objects are represented on the image within the stated accuracy 90% of the time. There are six levels of IKONOS imagery products, determined by the level of positional accuracy: Geo, Standard Ortho, Reference, Pro, Precision and PrecisionPlus. The product provided by ESA to Category-1 users is the Geo Ortho Kit, consisting of IKONOS Black-and-White images with radiometric and geometric corrections (1-metre pixels, CE90=15 metres) bundled with IKONOS multispectral images with absolute radiometry (4-metre pixels, CE90=50 metres). IKONOS collects 1m and 4m Geo Ortho Kit imagery (nominally at nadir 0.82m for panchromatic image, 3.28m for multispectral mode) at an elevation angle between 60 and 90 degrees. To increase the positional accuracy of the final orthorectified imagery, customers should select imagery with IKONOS elevation angle between 72 and 90 degrees. The Geo Ortho Kit is tailored for sophisticated users such as photogrammetrists who want to control the orthorectification process. Geo Ortho Kit images include the camera geometry obtained at the time of image collection. Applying Geo Ortho Kit imagery, customers can produce their own highly accurate orthorectified products by using commercial off the shelf software, digital elevation models (DEMs) and optional ground control. Spatial coverage: Check the spatial coverage of the collection on a map available on the Third Party Missions Dissemination Service.
CEFLES2
The objective of the CEFLES2 campaigns was to provide key reference data and background knowledge for the preparatory phases of the Sentinel‐2 and FLEX missions.
CryoVEx 2008
The ESA CryoSat Validation Experiment, CryoVEx 2008 was carried out in April and May 2008.