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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.

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    ERS

    The ERS programme was composed of two missions, ERS-1 and ERS-2, which together observed the Earth for 20 years, from 1991

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    Envisat

    Envisat was ESA's successor to ERS. Envisat carried ten instruments aboard for a wide range of Earth observing fields.

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    ERS Data

    Find out what data is available for the ERS mission.

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    LRR ERS

    The Laser Retro-Reflector (LRR), on board the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions, was an optical device for accurate satellite tracking

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    ERS Overview

    Learn more about the ERS mission.

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    ERS Objectives

    Discover what objectives of the ERS mission were.

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    LRR ERS Overview

    The Laser Retro-Reflector (LRR), on board the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions, was an optical device for accurate satellite tracking

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    ERS Radar Course 1

    Find out about ERS Radar Course 1

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    ERS Radar Course 3

    Find out about ERS Radar Course 3

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    ERS Radar Course 2

    Find out about ERS Radar Course 2

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    RA (ERS)

    The Radar Altimeter (RA) was a Ku-band (13.8 GHz) nadir-pointing active microwave sensor, on board ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions

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    SAR (ERS)

    The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument aboard ERS-1 and ERS-2 was capable of high precision change detection of surface

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    MWR (ERS)

    The microwave radiometer (MWR) instrument on board the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions provided measurements of the integrated atmospheric

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    SAR (ERS) Interferometry

    Learn about the concept of interferometry and its practice for ERS SAR.

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    MWR (ERS) Overview

    The microwave radiometer (MWR) instrument on board the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions provided measurements of the integrated atmospheric

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    SAR (ERS) Overview

    The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument aboard ERS-1 and ERS-2 was capable of high precision change detection of surface

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    RA (ERS) Overview

    The Radar Altimeter (RA) was a Ku-band (13.8 GHz) nadir-pointing active microwave sensor, on board ERS-1 and ERS-2, designed

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    SAR (ERS) Products Information

    These include: ERS-1/2 - SAR Level 1 Medium Resolution Image Product ERS-1/2 - SAR Level 1 Precision Image Product ERS-1/

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    MWR (ERS) Cal/Val

    Validation Documents Final Report years 2002-2004 on the ERS-2/MWR survey ERS-2/MWR Annual Report - year 2003 ERS-2/MWR drift

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    RA (ERS) Products Information

    The REAPER (REprocessing of Altimeter Products for ERS) project covers both the ERS-1 and the ERS-2 Altimetry missions.