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ESA Report on ESA EO missions CEOS Beijing, WGISS Sep. 2004 H. Laur, YL Desnos, I. Petiteville. Topics. ENVISAT DRAGON NRSCC-ESA Joint Programme Earth Explorer Missions 3 rd Party missions: ALOS. ENVISAT. DRAGON Programme. EARTH EXPLORERS. goce. cryosat.
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ESA Report on ESA EO missions CEOS Beijing, WGISS Sep. 2004 H. Laur, YL Desnos, I. Petiteville
Topics ENVISAT DRAGON NRSCC-ESA Joint Programme Earth Explorer Missions 3rd Party missions: ALOS
EARTH EXPLORERS goce cryosat smos adm
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
Earth Explorer missions (1/3) • CRYOSAT: • ESA contract, Prime Contractor ACS (I) • Some delays with satellite. Launch planned for 1st quarter of 2005 • Kiruna Ground Station ready • About 60 Scientific projects accepted in Category 1 (data provided by ESA for free)
CRYOSAT Ground Station Kiruna Salmijarvi CRYOSAT equipment
Earth Explorer missions (2/3) • ADM Aeolus: • GS PDS development KO in Jul. 2005, • PDS completed in 2007. • Launch in October 2007. • SMOS: • Ground Segment Phase B on-going until end 2004 then C/D phase
Earth Explorer missions (3/3) • GOCE: • ESA contract, Prime Contractor ACS (I) • Ground Segment (PDS) V2 kick-off in Sep. 2003 • Launch in summer 2006
ALOS • 3 sensors: 1 SAR L-band and 2 optical • ALOS Data European Node (ADEN): • ESA contract, Prime VEGA (UK). • GS development kicked-off end of July 2002. • Subsystem Factory Acceptance Tests (Sep. 2003 to Jun. 2004) • Launch (summer 2005) • Full deployment by mid 2005