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I-PAF/ PAC migration at the Matera facility
Due to a scheduled migration of the ESA I-PAF/PAC archiving facility, some interruptions in the Near Real Time (NRT) and on-demand production services will be experienced during the period 22 - 31 March 2010. ERS-2 and Envisat data acquisitions performed by the Matera (Italy) station will remain unaffected.
 
(A)ATSR MERCI service downtime
Due to system maintenance, FTP download of the (A)ATSR and ASPS datasets will all be unavailable from 10:00 - 16:00 UTC on Thursday 18 March 2010. AATSR L2P NRT production and dissemination will be unaffected.
 
Network downtime at ESRIN on 13 and 14 March 2010
Due to maintenance, a network downtime is foreseen at ESRIN on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 March 2010 from 09:00 to 17:00 CET.
 
 
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SAR Acquisition Plan
The SARplan section provides dynamic information concerning the satellites' earth coverage over time and their mass and manoeuvres evolution. The SAR earth coverage is updated weekly and an historical archive covering each satellite since launch is available.
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Special Features
   
ESA's old EO missions perform sophisticated new tricks
Envisat and ERS-2, ESA's two veteran Earth missions, have completed a second tandem observation campaign. The technique involved flying the two satellites in precisely coordinated orbits, generating valuable new radar data for modelling Arctic terrain.
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Satellites show how Earth moved during Italy quake
Studying satellite radar data from ESA's Envisat and the Italian Space Agency's COSMO-SkyMed, scientists have begun analysing the movement of Earth during and after the 6.3 earthquake that shook the medieval town of L'Aquila in central Italy on 6 April 2009.
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