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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
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
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
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
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
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 - Heritage Missions
MIPAS Quality Control Reports
Maps are currently available only for a limited part of the mission.
Mission - Heritage Missions
Products Availability L0
The current list of gaps in the AATSR Level 0 dataset is available here.
Mission - Heritage Missions
SCIAMACHY Auxiliary Data
In these cases, default values for the calibration parameters (Leakage current, Pixel-to-Pixel Gain and Etalon, Spectral
Mission - Earth Explorers
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
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
Products Availability L0
Last update on 29 March 2017 - Issue 1.3 Year Total orbits Products available Percentage of availability Products currently
Mission - Heritage Missions
GOCE re-entry dataset
with further dynamical and environmental information such as on-board magnetometer measurements of Earth's magnetic field, currents
Mission - Heritage Missions
AATSR Auxiliary Data
The Fourth Reprocessing is the first to use the FAST processor (v2.0.5) and so there is currently no historical information
Mission - Heritage Missions
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
GOCE Overview
height mapped by altimeters and the knowledge of the precise ocean geoid that has improved our understanding of surface currents
Mission - Heritage Missions
SCIAMACHY Quality Control Reports
Maps are currently available only for a limited part of the mission. Read More
Mission - Heritage Missions
Products Availability L1
SCIAMACHY Level 1b products version 7.04-W Number of Orbits Year Planned Available Not recoverable* Failed or Missing Current
Mission - Heritage Missions
AATSR Products Information
Third Reprocessing Dataset Information Third Reprocessing products are currently available on the NEODC archive via CEDA.
Mission - Third Party Missions
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
ASAR Products Information
Higher level products (Level 2) can then be derived from L1 products; however, this is currently only done with Wave mode