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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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    SMOS product availability

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

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    ASAR Processor Releases

    August 2009 5.03L03 9 October 2009 5.04 17 September 2010 6.00 16 December 2011 6.02 30 April 2012 6.03 3 July 2015 (current

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    SMOS Objectives

    SMOS Science The SMOS mission is a direct response to the current lack of global observations of soil moisture and ocean

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    SCIAMACHY Auxiliary Data

    In these cases, default values for the calibration parameters (Leakage current, Pixel-to-Pixel Gain and Etalon, Spectral

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    Products Information

    For an optimal exploitation of the current SMOS L2 data set V620 consult the read-me-first notes available for V620 soil

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    SMOS Overview

    Mission Background The SMOS mission is a direct response to the current lack of global observations of soil moisture and

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    SCIAMACHY Quality Control Reports

    Maps are currently available only for a limited part of the mission. Read More

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Products Availability L1

    SCIAMACHY Level 1b products version 7.04-W Number of Orbits Year Planned Available Not recoverable* Failed or Missing Current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    ASAR Products Information

    Higher level products (Level 2) can then be derived from L1 products; however, this is currently only done with Wave mode

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Product Anomalies L2

    The status of the SCIAMACHY consolidated data sets currently available at D-PAC can be accessed here.  

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Products Availability L2

    Orbits Year Level 1b Available L2 Generated L2 Failed Calibration Current Availability (%) 2002 1817 1702 103 11 93.67 2003

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    MERIS Applications

    altimeters, have a remarkable sensitivity to the roughness and height of the ocean surface, enabling the detection of ocean currents

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Product Anomalies L1 v7 v8

    The status of the SCIAMACHY consolidated data sets currently available at D-PAC can be accessed here.    

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Envisat Objectives

          x     x Turbidity       x             Wave Characteristics x   x               Near Surface Wind x   x               Current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    DORIS Overview

    Map of the current DORIS network Installation and maintenance of the network was performed by the IGN (French national geographic

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    MERIS Overview

    Spatial and temporal models of the biosphere are currently being developed to study the mechanics of such complex systems

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Products Anomalies

    A reprocessing activity is currently on-going.