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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 - 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

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    MIPAS Quality Control Reports

    Maps are currently available only for a limited part of the mission.

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Products Availability L0

    The current list of gaps in the AATSR Level 0 dataset is available here.

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    SCIAMACHY Auxiliary Data

    In these cases, default values for the calibration parameters (Leakage current, Pixel-to-Pixel Gain and Etalon, Spectral

  • 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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    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

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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 - 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 - Heritage Missions

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    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

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    SCIAMACHY Quality Control Reports

    Maps are currently available only for a limited part of the mission. Read More

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Products Availability L1

    SCIAMACHY Level 1b products version 7.04-W Number of Orbits Year Planned Available Not recoverable* Failed or Missing Current

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    AATSR Products Information

    Third Reprocessing Dataset Information Third Reprocessing products are currently available on the NEODC archive via CEDA.

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    ASAR Products Information

    Higher level products (Level 2) can then be derived from L1 products; however, this is currently only done with Wave mode

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    Products Availability L2

    7.03 Last update on 25 May 2016 - Issue 1.0 Year Total orbits Products available Percentage of availability L0 products currently

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    Product Anomalies L2

    The status of the SCIAMACHY consolidated data sets currently available at D-PAC can be accessed here.  

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    Products Anomalies

    The status of the MIPAS consolidated data sets currently available can be accessed here.

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    Products Availability L2

    Orbits Year Level 1b Available L2 Generated L2 Failed Calibration Current Availability (%) 2002 1817 1702 103 11 93.67 2003