Sentinel-1D user data is now officially available, marking a major milestone for global radar monitoring and long-term mission continuity. Exciting new openEO updates also headline this month, including SAR Coherence processing, a new QGIS plugin, and improved support in the Copernicus Browser. We're also celebrating the publication of our first journal paper in Nature Scientific Data on cloud-based EO processing. Don't miss the opportunity to provide feedback in the CLMS Annual Survey, join our webinar on advanced machine learning today, or register for the Cassini Hackathon: Space for Water. Finally, explore this month’s impressive Image of the Month.
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- Sentinel-1D Data Access – A Major Milestone for Global Radar Monitoring: We are pleased to announce the official release of Sentinel-1D user data, available from 17 April 2026. This development is a significant step in ensuring the long-term continuity of the Sentinel-1 mission, providing the global community with uninterrupted, high-resolution C-band Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imagery. Whether monitoring sea ice, tracking land subsidence, or managing disaster response, the inclusion of Sentinel-1D ensures users have access to the most reliable and up-to-date radar data for critical environmental and security applications. Read more!
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Sentinel-1D HH visualisation of glaciers and fjords in western Svalbard, captured on 18 April 2026. 🌐 Copernicus Browser
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New Training Materials
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- Paper alert – CDSE establishes public cloud processing for Earth Observation Data: We are proud to announce the publication of our first journal paper in Nature Scientific Data, which provides a comprehensive overview of the CDSE. The paper details advancements in data storage, cloud computing, and API standardisation that drive the CDSE, and offers benchmark tests and insights into how the ecosystem supports artificial intelligence. This study marks a milestone in promoting cloud-based EO processing for the scientific community and provides a formal, citable reference for researchers using CDSE in their publications. Read the full paper here.
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Call for Contributions
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- CLMS Survey: The Copernicus Land Monitoring Service (CLMS) has published its annual feedback survey. If you have used CLMS datasets in CDSE (see our recent news article), make sure to provide your feedback through the following link: 2026 Annual Feedback Survey is now live! This feedback will be used to improve the services currently provided by CLMS and to help guide its evolution.
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Example of a CLMS product in the Copernicus Browser: Map of Sensible Heat Flux, W.m-2, on 23 January 2026 for the region of Sydney, Australia, where extreme heatwave conditions prevail. 🌐 Copernicus Browser
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- Register for Ecosystem services: Join our network of providers creating datasets and services based on CDSE! We offer a range of services to support you in building data-driven solutions for sustainability, including: a common identity service, bring-your-own-data tools, commercial invoicing services and a lot more. Find out more here!
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- Use cases: Have you created something interesting with CDSE datasets and tools? Please share it with the community! We invite you to contribute to the Use Cases section on our website! We accept descriptions of use cases for practical applications of the Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem in free form. Published contributions will be rewarded with additional credit for a CDSE service of your choice. Learn more here!
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- Unlocking Advanced ML Capabilities within openEO: Join us today at 14:00 CEST to discover how openEO simplifies the integration of Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) into Earth Observation workflows. This session will demonstrate how to deploy scalable models, from Random Forests to the industry-standard ONNX format, and explore the integration of state-of-the-art foundation models such as PRESTO and CORSA. Whether you are a researcher or developer, you will learn how to leverage these advanced AI-driven capabilities within a unified, standards-based framework without requiring expert-level programming skills. Register now!
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openEO for Dummies, 17 March 2026, KU Leuven, Brugge, Belgium
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We hosted an engaging openEO course, delivered by Victor Verhaert, for a group of engineering students at KU Leuven. The session provided a comprehensive introduction to using openEO for satellite data analysis, showcasing this powerful EO processing tool for the next generation of geospatial engineers. Participants learned about the CDSE and its open-source, streamlined API for data access and processing. They were introduced to a tool that efficiently analyses large volumes of satellite data through a user-friendly interface. The hands-on exercise focused on using existing openEO algorithms for cloud-free image generation and solar farm detection.
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Nordic & Baltic ESA BIC Startup Event 2026, 15-16 April, Stockholm, Sweden
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We participated on-site and online in this interesting event that brought together some 30 startups, the Swedish Space Agency, and ESA, hosted by the ESA Business Incubation Center in Stockholm. The startups pitched new ideas in multiple thematic domains ranging from Forest Management and Agriculture, Health and Medical, Smart Cities and Infrastructure, Disaster Management and Emergency response, AI in Orbit, and Dual-Use applications. We contributed an update on CDSE functions and data, also highlighting the options to participate in the service registry. It was good to see that a majority of the participants are already using CDSE, also to provide commercial services.
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- The Genesis Of The Great Amazon River – The Meeting of Waters in Manaus – Brazil: Captured by André Vilela for the "Seize the Beauty of Our Planet" contest, this Sentinel-2 image features the "Meeting of the Waters" in Manaus, Brazil. It highlights the 6-kilometer stretch where the dark, acidic Rio Negro and the sediment-rich Solimões River flow side by side without mixing, due to differences in temperature, density, and velocity. Processed in True Color and enhanced with the Normalised Difference Water Index (NDWI), the visualisation beautifully illustrates the hydrological boundary where the Amazon River begins. Thank you, André, for this stunning contribution!
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Modified Copernicus Sentinel-2 data (2025)
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- CDSE screen backgrounds: Did our April 1st gallery catch you off guard? The "lithium mining breakthrough" in Nevada was actually a microscope image of a basalt rock section just 2.5 mm wide, provided by Prof. Szabolcs Harangi. Although the "Sour Chasm" story was a lighthearted prank, the science behind it is genuine: brine evaporation is a real lithium mining technique used in places such as the Silver Peak Basin, and SWIR imagery remains an essential tool for geological prospection. Download this unique "miniature" landscape for your desktop and explore actual Nevada mining sites in Copernicus Browser.
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You can search, access and download satellite images from the Copernicus Sentinel satellites and contributing missions via the online image gallery.
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