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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 - Third Party 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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    Special Datasets Overview

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

  • 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 - Third Party Missions

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    PALSAR Quality Control Reports

    Find out more Quality Disclaimer A small percentage of ALOS-1 PALSAR products processed by the current installed ESA IPF

  • 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 - Third Party Missions

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    ALOS-1 Mission Objectives

    Oceanography and coastal zone-related research (oil spill, high-resolution DEM) Coastal zones, sea surface wind, wave height, wave current

  • Mission - Heritage Missions

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    PALSAR Products Information

    The service currently provides access from ESA's archive to the following PALSAR L1 high-resolution data products.

  • Mission - Earth Watch

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    SIRAL Overview

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

  • Mission - Third Party Missions

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    Multi Spectral Scanner (MSS) Processor Releases

    GCP displacement B TM radiometric calibration Update to radiometric calibration strategy for TM reflective bands (Dark Current

  • Mission - Third Party Missions

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    Thematic Mapper (TM) Processor Releases

    GCP displacement B TM radiometric calibration Update to radiometric calibration strategy for TM reflective bands (Dark Current

  • Mission - Earth Watch

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    Instrument Processing Facilities

    Level 1 Ice Products The current IPF1 installed at the Kiruna payload data segment for level-1 ice products is IPF1 vO2.3

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    CryoSat Overview

    redundant Solid-State Recorder, total capacity 256 Gbits   Ground Segment CryoSat ground segment The CryoSat ground segment is currently