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MISSIONS

Explore the European Space Agency's Earth Observation satellite missions. Learn all about ESA's dedicated Earth Explorers or collaborations with other agencies through the Third Party Missions programme.

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    GOCE

    Explorer (GOCE) mission mapped Earth's geoid very accurately, opening a window into Earth's interior structure as well as the currents

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    MOS-1/1B

    MOS-1 and 1B, Japan’s first marine observation satellites, were designed to monitor ocean currents, sea surface temperature

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    FLEX

    Currently it is not possible to measure photosynthetic activity from space, but FLEX's novel instrument will be capable of

  • Mission - Third Party Missions

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    WorldView Series

    Owned by Maxar, the first three satellites in the series are currently operational, and they have been supplying imagery

  • Mission - Third Party Missions

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    PlanetScope

    PlanetScope Camera The PlanetScope camera on each Dove cubesat operates currently in eight bands - red edge, red, green,

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    SMOS product availability

    + NIR + Long     LO + FTT     LO + Electrical Stability     LO + NIR + Long + FTT     LO + Short     LO + Long + Short Current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    SAR (ERS) Processor Releases

    It should be noted that for SAR, each product ordered is processed directly from the raw data, using the current version

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    PALSAR

    A small percentage of ALOS-1 PALSAR products processed by the current installed ESA IPF are affected by a known quality issue

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    PALSAR Processor Releases

    The current ALOS-1 PALSAR IPF integrated within the ESA On-The-Fly system is v4.16p9, installed on 24 January 2017.

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    GOCE Objectives

    Thanks to this current, the coastal waters of Europe are 4°C warmer than waters at equivalent latitudes in the north Pacific

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    ASAR Processor Releases

    August 2009 5.03L03 9 October 2009 5.04 17 September 2010 6.00 16 December 2011 6.02 30 April 2012 6.03 3 July 2015 (current

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    SMOS Objectives

    SMOS Science The SMOS mission is a direct response to the current lack of global observations of soil moisture and ocean

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    SAR (ERS)

    Processor Releases It should be noted that for SAR, each product ordered is processed directly from the raw data, using the current

  • Mission - Earth Watch

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    TIRS Product Anomalies

    artifacts, how they are addressed and corrected, and provides up-to-date information and details regarding known issues and current

  • Mission - Earth Watch

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    Vegetation (VGT) Quality Control Reports

    months and provide information about: Absolute and inter-band radiometric accuracy Multi-temporal radiometric accuracy Dark current

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    EGG

    This opened a window into Earth's interior structure, as well as the currents circulating within the depths of its oceans

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    SSTI ANTEX Data

    data were generated from 154 days in 2009 GOCE SSTI-B PCVs data were generated from the available data in 2010-2012 The current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    ERS Radar Course 1

    Therefore, microwaves easily penetrate clouds, and images can be acquired independently of the current weather conditions

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    Products Information

    For an optimal exploitation of the current SMOS L2 data set V620 consult the read-me-first notes available for V620 soil

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    GEOSAT-1 Overview

    2005, SSTL started planning for second generation DMC missions - with improved imaging capabilities - to be added to the current