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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 - Spectrometers
Instrument - Spectrometers
Vegetation (VGT)
The main PROBA-V payload is the Vegetation sensor (VGT): a multispectral pushbroom spectrometer.
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Instrument - Magnetic Field/Electric Field Instruments
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.
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Instrument - Positioning/Navigation
Instrument - Positioning/Navigation
PRARE (ERS-2)
Precise Range And Range-Rate Equipment (PRARE) was a microwave tracking system for the measurement of satellite to ground range and range rate.
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Instrument - Positioning/Navigation
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.
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Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
Instrument - Spectrometers/Radiometers
AATSR
The AATSR instrument aboard Envisat was primarily designed to measure Sea Surface Temperature.