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ESA Report on ESA EO missionsESA Report on ESA EO missions CEOS CEOS TromsTromsØØ, ,

WGISSWGISS May 2004May 2004

Henri Laur, ENVISAT Mission ManagerHenri Laur, ENVISAT Mission ManagerIvan PetitevilleIvan Petiteville

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Topics

• ENVISAT

• Earth Explorer Missions

• 3rd Party missions

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ENVISAT

The ENVISAT Mission:two years in space

Henri LAUREnvisat Mission Manager

1st March 2004

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cryosat

smos

adm

goce

EARTH EXPLORERS

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Earth Explorer MissionsCore missions:

GOCE: Gravity and Ocean Circulation.

ADM-Aeolus: Measuring the winds at all altitudes.

Opportunity missionsCRYOSAT: Sea-Ice Monitoring

SMOS: Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity.

Floating sea ice NOAA

Salinity in the Mediterranean

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Earth Explorer missions (1/3)

• CRYOSAT: – ESA contract, Prime Contractor ACS (I) – Some delays with satellite. Launch

planned for Dec. 2004– Kiruna Ground Station ready– About 60 Scientific projects accepted in

Category 1 (data provided by ESA for free)

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CRYOSAT Ground Station

Kiruna Salmijarvi

CRYOSAT equipment

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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

just started. Will finish end 2004 then C/D phase

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Svalbard Ground Station

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Earth Explorer missions (3/3)

• GOCE:– ESA contract, Prime Contractor ACS (I) – Ground Segment (PDS) V2 kick-off in Sep. 2003– Launch in Jul. 2006

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3rd Party mission: ALOS

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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 (2005 TBC)– Full deployment by mid 2005