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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 - Third Party 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 - 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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    GOCE re-entry dataset

    with further dynamical and environmental information such as on-board magnetometer measurements of Earth's magnetic field, currents

  • Mission - Third Party Missions

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    PALSAR Quality Control Reports

    Find out more Quality Disclaimer A small percentage of ALOS-1 PALSAR products processed by the current installed ESA IPF

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    GOCE Overview

    height mapped by altimeters and the knowledge of the precise ocean geoid that has improved our understanding of surface currents

  • Mission - Third Party Missions

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    ALOS-1 Mission Objectives

    Oceanography and coastal zone-related research (oil spill, high-resolution DEM) Coastal zones, sea surface wind, wave height, wave current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    PALSAR Products Information

    The service currently provides access from ESA's archive to the following PALSAR L1 high-resolution data products.