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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 - Heritage Missions
ERS
The ERS programme was composed of two missions, ERS-1 and ERS-2, which together observed the Earth for 20 years, from 1991
Mission - Heritage Missions
Envisat
Envisat was ESA's successor to ERS. Envisat carried ten instruments aboard for a wide range of Earth observing fields.
Mission - Heritage Missions
LRR ERS
The Laser Retro-Reflector (LRR), on board the ERS-1 and ERS-2 missions, was an optical device for accurate satellite tracking
Mission - Heritage Missions
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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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
Mission - Heritage Missions
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
Mission - Heritage Missions
SAR (ERS) Overview
The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) instrument aboard ERS-1 and ERS-2 was capable of high precision change detection of surface
Mission - Heritage Missions
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
Mission - Heritage Missions
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.