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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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    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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    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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    Special Datasets Overview

    CryoSat Antarctic Digital Elevation Model - Download the current CryoSat product Antarctic DEM.

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    Products Availability L0

    The current list of gaps in the AATSR Level 0 dataset is available here.

  • 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

    here, these are intended for the purpose of becoming familiar with the format of the CryoSat Science Products from the current

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    About CRYO2ICE

    The measurements will also help map snow over the poles and advance our understanding of currents in polar oceans, with further

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    Ground Tracks

    CryoSat instruments and it is generated at the beginning of every orbital repetition cycle around two months before the current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    AATSR Auxiliary Data

    The Fourth Reprocessing is the first to use the FAST processor (v2.0.5) and so there is currently no historical information

  • 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 - Earth Explorers

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    SIRAL

    Access is provided to all CryoSat systematic data acquired according to the current geographical mode mask.

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    CryoSat Objectives

    The density increase causes the surface waters to sink – in essence acting as a pump, driving cold, deep ocean currents from

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    AATSR Products Information

    Third Reprocessing Dataset Information Third Reprocessing products are currently available on the NEODC archive via CEDA.

  • 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 - Earth Watch

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    SIRAL Overview

    It is also operated over some geostrophic ocean currents and major hydrological basins.

  • 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.