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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
FLEX
The mission was selected as the eighth Earth Explorer in ESA's Living Planet Programme in 2015.
Mission - Earth Explorers
SMOS
2009, is one of the European Space Agency's Earth Explorer missions, which form the science and research element of the Living
Mission - Third Party Missions
SkySat
SkySat is a constellation of high-resolution Earth imaging satellites from the commercial company Planet Labs.
Mission - Earth Explorers
Geographical Mode Mask
CryoSat is designed to acquire data continuously while orbiting the planet, switching automatically between its three measurement
Mission - Earth Watch
PROBA-V
a miniaturised ESA satellite tasked with a full-scale mission to map land cover and vegetation growth across the entire planet
Mission - Heritage Missions
RapidEye
RapidEye was a constellation of five identical satellites owned and operated by Planet, launched on 29 August 2008.
Mission - Heritage Missions
SPOT
The goal of the SPOT series is to improve the knowledge and management of Earth by exploring the planet's resources, detecting
Mission - Earth Explorers
GOCE Data
GOCE impact of re-processed Level 1b data on gravity field products GOCE Level-1B Gravity Gradient Processing Algorithms Living
Mission - Heritage Missions
MWR (Envisat) Overview
Observation Data - Quick Guide Envisat Products Specifications Revealed: an ice sheet on the move Envisat Product Handbook ESA Living
Mission - Meteorological Missions
Meteosat Second Generation Overview
Now more than ever, we need to understand the processes driving the weather and climate on our planet.
Mission - Earth Explorers
Swarm Overview
Mission Background Swarm is the fifth mission in ESA’s fleet of Earth Explorers that was selected in 2004 in ESA’s Living
Mission - Earth Explorers
GOCE Overview
The Earth Explorers are part of ESA's Living Planet Programme and each is dedicated to monitoring a different aspect of Earth's
Mission - Heritage Missions
Wind Scatterometer (WS) Overview
(ERS) Resources Access to ESA Earth Observation Data - Quick Guide REAPER: ERS-1 and ERS-2 Orbit Validation Report ESA Living
Mission - Third Party Missions
Spire
For scientific research and application development, ESA is offering access to the full Spire catalogue, both live and historical
Mission - Heritage Missions
SPOT 3 Objectives
Science SPOT 3 was relatively short-lived compared with many other satellites in the SPOT series.
Mission - Heritage Missions
ATSR Overview
In total, more than a thousand human lives were lost and damage in excess of five billion dollars was caused.
Mission - Earth Explorers
CryoSat Overview
For more information, please visit the Living Planet website. A CryoSat e-book is also available to download.
Mission - Heritage Missions
ASAR Cal/Val
Full details on the ASAR calibration activities throughout the mission are available in the paper presented at the ESA Living
Mission - Earth Watch
Vegetation (VGT) Overview
Long-live PROBA-V (November 2021) The end of VEGETATION instrument operations is, however, not the end of PROBA-V's life:
Mission - Heritage Missions
SCIAMACHY Overview
Products Specifications Revealed: an ice sheet on the move Envisat Product Handbook Envisat SCIAMACHY Product Handbook ESA Living