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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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    SMOS product availability

    + NIR + Long     LO + FTT     LO + Electrical Stability     LO + NIR + Long + FTT     LO + Short     LO + Long + Short 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 - Earth Explorers

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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

  • 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 - 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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    EGG

    This opened a window into Earth's interior structure, as well as the currents circulating within the depths of its oceans

  • Mission - Earth Explorers

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    SSTI ANTEX Data

    data were generated from 154 days in 2009 GOCE SSTI-B PCVs data were generated from the available data in 2010-2012 The current

  • 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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    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 - Heritage Missions

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    GOCE re-entry dataset

    with further dynamical and environmental information such as on-board magnetometer measurements of Earth's magnetic field, currents

  • 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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    SMOS Overview

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

  • 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 - Earth Explorers

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    GOCE Overview

    height mapped by altimeters and the knowledge of the precise ocean geoid that has improved our understanding of surface currents

  • 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 - 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