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ESA Report on ESA EO missions CEOS Budapest, WGISS May 2006 I. Petiteville. Topics. Earth Explorer Missions 3 rd Party missions: ALOS. EARTH EXPLORERS. Cryosat-2. Goce. smos. Aeolus. Earth Explorer Missions. Core missions: GOCE: Gravity and Ocean Circulation.
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ESA Report on ESA EO missions CEOS Budapest, WGISS May 2006 I. Petiteville
Topics Earth Explorer Missions 3rd Party missions: ALOS
EARTH EXPLORERS Cryosat-2 Goce smos Aeolus
Earth Explorer Missions Core missions: GOCE:Gravity and Ocean Circulation. ADM-Aeolus: Measuring the winds at all altitudes. Opportunity missions CRYOSAT: Sea-Ice Monitoring Floating sea ice NOAA SMOS: Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity. Salinity in the Mediterranean
CRYOSAT Ground Station CRYOSAT-1 equipment Kiruna Salmijarvi • Cryosat-2: • Replacement of Cryosat-1 (launch failure) • Launch in March 2009.
Earth Explorer missions (2/3) • ADM Aeolus: • GS PDS development KO in Jul. 2005, • PDS completed in 2007. • Launch in Sep. 2008. • SMOS: • Ground Segment Phase C/D just starting • Launch 19 Sep. 2007
Earth Explorer missions (3/3) • GOCE: • Ground Segment kick-off in Sep. 2003 • Launch beginning of 2007. • SWARM: • Launch in 2009
ALOS • 3 sensors: 1 SAR L-band and 2 optical • ALOS Data European Node (ADEN): • Successful Launch on Jan 24, 2006 (beginning of 2006. TBC by JAXA) • First optical image PRISM on Feb 14, 2006
First AVNIR-2 image acquired by ESA at Kiruna (Sweden) on April 24, 2006