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News - Infographics
What are the next Earth Explorers?
Learn about the planned missions in the Earth Explorers programme - EarthCARE, Biomass, FLEX, and FORUM - which will further our understanding of Earth’s climate.
Document - General Reference
The MSG System - consisting of a Space Segment and a Ground Segment, designed to provide data, based on a series of three satellites called MSG-1, -2 and -3
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 111.
Document - General Reference
The In-Orbit Commissioning of MSG-1
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 114.
Campaign
SPARC
ESA's SPectra bARrax Campaign (SPARC) activity was part of the preparatory study for a proposed ESA Earth Explorer mission called SPECTRA. The objective was to collect a CHRIS/PROBA reference dataset for SPECTRA-related studies.
News - Thematic area articles
Space helps monitor Earth’s changing biosphere
Earth’s biosphere is continually changing. Through its pioneering Earth observation missions, ESA is making critical contributions to monitor these changes and their impacts on Earth’s water and carbon cycles.
Campaign
Sentinel-3 OLCI Tandem 2018
In 2018, a tandem campaign was conducted between the Sentinel-3A and 3B satellites to help test the future FLEX mission.
Data - Campaigns (Open)
Sentinel-3 OLCI Tandem 2018
In 2018, a tandem campaign was conducted between the Sentinel-3A and 3B satellites to help test the future FLEX mission.
Document - Proceedings
Second-EPS-MetOp-RAO-Workshop.pdf
Proceedings of the 2nd EPS/MetOp RAO Workshop held from 20-22 May 2009 in Barcelona, Spain.
News - Infographics
PROBA-1 - From technology demonstration to long-term Earth observation
Learn about ESA's PROBA-1 (Project for On-Board Autonomy) mission in our new infographic.
Mission - Third Party Missions
PROBA-1
PROBA-1 is a technology demonstration satellite that later became an operational Earth observation mission.
Document - General Reference
PREMIER-Report-for-Mission-Selection-An-Earth-Explorer-to-observe-atmospheric-composition.pdf
The objective of the PREMIER mission is to quantify the processes controlling global atmospheric composition in the mid/upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (5-25 km height range), which is a region of particular importance for climate change.
News - General News
Pioneering science missions: Summarising ESA’s Earth Explorers
Designed for research purposes, ESA's Earth Explorer missions are dedicated to monitoring parts of Earth’s system. Learn more about the Earth Explorers in this video.
News - Data Release news
New Campaign datasets available
A new set of datasets is available, acquired during airborne campaigns conducted between 2014 and 2019
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation.pdf
This flyer summarises in short the aims, applications and technology of the MSG mission.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation-The-Satellite-Development.pdf
This publication provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the MSG programme, the mission objectives, the design and development of the MSG spacecraft.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation-New-Horizons-for-Weather-and-Climate.pdf
This brochure gives a general overview on the mission and its application.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation-MSG-New-Horizons-for-Weather-and-Climate.pdf
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 112.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation-MSG-A-successful-ESA-EUMETSAT-partnership.pdf
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 111.
Document - General Reference
Meteosat-Second-Generation-Becomes-Operational.pdf
This article was published in the ESA Bulletin Nr. 119.
Event - Conference
Living Planet Symposium 2022
Learn about the 2022 edition of ESA's Living Planet Symposium.