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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

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    GOCE

    Explorer (GOCE) mission mapped Earth's geoid very accurately, opening a window into Earth's interior structure as well as the currents

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    Aeolus

    This is currently the only technology that can provide direct wind profile observations in clear air, inside thin clouds

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    Swarm

    its geological interpretation Determination of the 3D electrical conductivity of the mantle Investigatigation of electric currents

  • Mission - Third Party Missions

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    ICEYE

    Currently, the satellites operate in five modes called 'Strip Mode', 'Spot Mode', 'Scan Mode', 'Spot Extended Area (SLEA)

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    FLEX

    Currently it is not possible to measure photosynthetic activity from space, but FLEX's novel instrument will be capable of

  • Mission - Third Party Missions

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    GHGSat

    The GHGSat constellation currently consists of 12 satellites: GHGSat-D (GHGSat's technology demonstrator satellite) launched

  • Mission - Third Party Missions

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    TanSat

    60°, 120°, at 670 nm and 1640 nm The TanSat mission also performs a regular calibration, in four different modes: dark current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Seasat

    The instrument had the objectives of the determination of sea surface profiles, currents, wind speeds and wave heights.

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    Aeolus Data

    Aeolus Quality Control Reports on L1B/Instrument, L2A and L2B products are currently available to Aeolus Cal/Val teams and

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    ALADIN

    Aeolus Quality Control Reports on L1B/Instrument, L2A and L2B products are currently available to Aeolus Cal/Val teams and

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    SMOS product availability

    + NIR + Long     LO + FTT     LO + Electrical Stability     LO + NIR + Long + FTT     LO + Short     LO + Long + Short Current

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    Swarm Data

    FIND OUT MORE The Average Magnetic field and Polar current System model (AMPS) The Average Magnetic field and Polar current

  • Mission - Third Party Missions

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    SAR (JERS-1) Processor Releases

    The current JERS-1 SAR Instrument Processing Facility (IPF) version is v2.05p3, which was released on the 21 September 2015

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    STR (Swarm)

    identification of opportunities for auroral research utilising Swarm data. find out more The Average Magnetic field and Polar current

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    Geographical Mode Mask

    The current operational Geographical Mode Mask v5.0 The current version of the geographical mode mask v5.0 has been in operation

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    SAR (ERS) Processor Releases

    It should be noted that for SAR, each product ordered is processed directly from the raw data, using the current version

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    PALSAR

    A small percentage of ALOS-1 PALSAR products processed by the current installed ESA IPF are affected by a known quality issue

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    PALSAR Processor Releases

    The current ALOS-1 PALSAR IPF integrated within the ESA On-The-Fly system is v4.16p9, installed on 24 January 2017.

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    Explore Projects

    SPP 1788 Swarm4Anom (Swarm for Anomalies) Other activities: SIFACIT (Swarm Data Quality Investigation of Field-Aligned Current

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    GOCE Objectives

    Thanks to this current, the coastal waters of Europe are 4°C warmer than waters at equivalent latitudes in the north Pacific