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Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) 23 September 2026, from 12:30 to 15:30 UTC (14:30 to 17:30 CEST)

Please be advised that the ESA MAAP Product Algorithm Laboratory (PAL) will be upgraded during the above maintenance window. As a result, users may temporarily experience limited availability of PAL services during the maintenance period. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time. For additional ESA MAAP updates, visit:

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Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Platform PAL environment Upgrade 15-17 September 2026

Please be advised that maintenance activities on the ESA MAAP PAL underlying infrastructure will take place between 15 and 17 September 2026. As a result, users may temporarily experience limited availability of PAL services during the maintenance period. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time. For additional ESA MAAP updates, visit: 

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Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Explorer 9 September 2026, from 08:00 to 09:00 UTC (10:00 to 11:00 CEST)

Please be advised that the ESA MAAP Explorer service will be upgraded during the above maintenance window. As a result, users may temporarily experience limited availability of PAL services during the maintenance period. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time. For additional ESA MAAP updates, visit: https://portal.maap.eo.esa.int/news/

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Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Catalog Services 7 September 2026, 08:00 – 8:30 UTC (10:00 – 10:30 CEST)

Please be advised that ESA MAAP Catalog services may experience a brief interruption during the above maintenance window. This maintenance is required to upgrade the STAC Browser component. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time. For additional ESA MAAP updates, visit: https://portal.maap.eo.esa.int/news/

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Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Gitlab 28 September 2026, from 13:00 to 14:00 UTC (15:00 to 16:00 CEST)

Please be advised that the ESA MAAP GitLab instance used within the PAL environment, will be unavailable during the above maintenance window. This maintenance is required to upgrade the ESA MAAP GitLab platform to the latest major release of the 19.x branch. As a result, users who access ESA MAAP GitLab through...

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Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Catalog and Data Access services – 30 July 2026, from 8:00 to 10:00 UTC (from 10:00 to 12:00 CEST).

To improve the Catalog and Data Access performances, reliability and availability a scheduled maintenance activity will be performed. The maintenance foreseen a 2 minute service disruption during the maintenance window. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time.

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Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Explorer service – 30 July 2026, 8:00 UTC (10:00 CEST).

To improve the Explorer reliability, availability, and security a scheduled maintenance activity will be performed. The maintenance is expected to be transparent for most users; however, brief service interruptions or temporary connectivity issues may occur during the maintenance window. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this time.

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ESA-JAXA EarthCARE Science and Validation Workshop (Oxford, UK) June 8-12

ESA MAAP participated in the joint ESA–JAXA EarthCARE Science and Validation Workshop held in Oxford, UK, from 8 to 12 June. The workshop gathered the international scientific community revolving around EarthCARE mission to discuss the validation of the satellite measurements, mission exploitation, and new cloud and aerosol studies that highlighted...

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Scheduled Maintenance Notice – ESA MAAP Infrastructure – 17 July 2026, 18:30 UTC (20:30 CEST) – 20 July 2026, 07:00 UTC (09:00 CEST)

To support the continued reliability and performance of ESA MAAP, planned infrastructure maintenance will be carried out during the above window. ESA MAAP services may be temporarily unavailable for up to 30 minutes during the planned activities. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your understanding and cooperation during this...

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