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EarthCARE data availability on ESA MAAP Catalog and Data Access


On July 31 late afternoon, an issue temporarily interrupted EarthCARE data ingestion on the ESA MAAP platform. The issue was resolved on Monday, August 3, and data ingestion services have been fully restored. Backlog data processing is currently underway in parallel with regular, ongoing data ingestion.

Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) service – 16 July 2026, 12:30 – 15:30 UTC (14:30 – 17:30 CEST).


Please be advised that the ESA MAAP Product Algorithm Laboratory will be unavailable during the above maintenance window. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time.

Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Explorer service – 16 July 2026, 08:00 – 10:00 UTC (10:00 – 12:00 CEST).


Please be advised that the Explorer service of ESA MAAP will be unavailable during the above maintenance window. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time.

Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) and Explorer Services – 13/16 July 2026


Please be advised that a planned infrastructure upgrade activity will be performed on the ESA MAAP Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) and Explorer services clusters. No service disruption is foreseen; however slight performance degradation could be experienced during the activity peak. Explorer cluster: 13 July 2026 8:00/12:00 UTC (10:00/14:00 CEST) PAL...

Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) – 25 June 2026, 12:30 – 14:30 UTC (14:30 – 16:30 CEST).


Please be advised that the Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) of ESA MAAP will be unavailable during the above maintenance window. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time.

ESA MAAP Catalog and Explorer new version installation on 10/06/2026


ESA MAAP Catalog: Federation of LANDSAT remote catalog​ CDSE interface replacement​ Enhancement of WMTS/WMS capabilities offering​ Enhancing metadata indexing​​ Explorer: Visualisation service enhancement Sort filter enhancement Addition of Coordinate-Based AOI Input Panel Multi discovery Mode STAC Browser Mode​ Enable incremental autocomplete for Title and Query filter in collection search​ WMS WebMap...

Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Catalog & Explorer – 10 June 2026, 8:00 – 10:00 UTC (10:00 – 12:00 CEST).


Please be advised that the Catalog and Explorer services of ESA MAAP will be unavailable during the above maintenance window. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time.

Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) – 26 May 2026, 12:30 – 14:30 UTC (14:30 – 16:30 CEST).


Please be advised that the Biomass/EarthCARE Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) of ESA MAAP will be unavailable during the above maintenance window. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time.

Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Catalog and Explorer Services – 18 May 2026, 06:15 – 06:45 UTC (08:15 – 08:45 CEST)


Please be advised that the ESA MAAP Catalog and Explorer services will be unavailable during the above maintenance window due to planned infrastructure activities. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time.

Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP – Product Algorithm Laboratory – 5 May 2026, 12:30 – 14:30 UTC (14:30 – 16:30 CEST)


Please be advised that the Biomass/EarthCARE Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) of the ESA MAAP platform will be unavailable during the above maintenance window. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time.