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INSTRUMENTS

Explore the many instruments the European Space Agency use to observe the Earth. ESA offer data from a wide range of optical, radar, atmospheric, altimetric and gravimetric instrumentation.

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  • Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    VFM

    Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    VFM

    The Vector Field Magnetometer is the primary instrument carried aboard the Swarm satellites.

  • Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    STR (Swarm)

    Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    STR (Swarm)

    The Swarm Star Trackers retrieve information on the precise satellite orientation and attitude.

  • Instrument - Positioning/Navigation

    SSTI

    Instrument - Positioning/Navigation

    SSTI

    SSTI was a state-of-the-art GPS receiver on GOCE that was designed to operate in a low-Earth orbit.

  • Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers

    MIRAS

    Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers

    MIRAS

    The MIRAS instrument is a passive microwave 2-D interferometric radiometer onboard the SMOS satellite.

  • Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    GPSR and LRR (Swarm)

    Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    GPSR and LRR (Swarm)

    Each Swarm satellite is equipped with a Laser Retroreflector for external calibration and validation of the on-board GPS receiver.

  • Instrument - Magnetic/Motion Sensors

    EGG

    Instrument - Magnetic/Motion Sensors

    EGG

    The main objective of GOCE's EGG was to measure the three components of the Gravity-Gradient Tensor.

  • Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    EFI

    Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    EFI

    The Electric Field Instrument aboard the Swarm satellites is the first 3D ionospheric imager in space.

  • Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    ASM

    Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    ASM

    The Absolute Scalar Magnetometer on the Swarm satellites measures the strength of the magnetic field.

  • Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    ACC (Swarm)

    Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments

    ACC (Swarm)

    The Accelerometer measures the Swarm satellite’s non-gravitational acceleration in its respective orbit.