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Status of the ESA Earth Observation Programmes

Dr. Simonetta CheliHead of Earth Observation Coordination Office

ESA/ESRINNovember 2009

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EO missions and exploitation

Envisat 8th year in operation, ERS-2 14 years in space

About 2600 scientific users / projects are served with Envisat and ERS-2 data

30 Third Party Missions for the benefit of European users

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Envisat Extension

Envisat mission extension approved by ESA Member States in May

Envisat orbit to be changed in October 2010

Thereafter, all applications remain possible with exception of SAR interferometry

Hurrican Jimena, 31 August 2009

Ozone layer evolution 1995-2009

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ERS-2 / Envisat Tandem campaign 2008/2009 to measure the velocity of arctic fast

moving glaciers around 200m/year

to generate accurate low relief digital elevation models - of particular interest for many low elevation delta regions (e.g. New Orleans, Po-Delta with Venice, The Netherlands, Bangladesh, Mekong Delta, Netherlands, northern Siberia, etc)

to improve the general understanding of interferometry and coherence

to rise interest in mapping fast land surface movements

ERS-2 and Envisat

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GOCE 17 March

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SMOS2 November

Cryosat28 Feb. 2010

ESA Earth Explorers

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GOCE (Gravity field and steady state Ocean Circulation Explorer))

First ESA Earth Explorer dedicated to the exploration of the Earth gravity field

Several satellite technology world premiers: most sensitive gradiometer ever flown, first drag-free flight with Ion thrusters, extremely low orbit

Launched 17 March 2009

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ESA’s Gravity Mission

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GOCE mission status)

. Systems and instruments

nominal GOCE continues to decay to

operational orbit which was reached on 15 September

Air drag still very low – stabilisation of orbit at 255km

Measurement phase from 2nd half of September until March 2010

ESA’s Gravity Mission

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2 launches within the next 6 months

Earth Explorers 2 and 3

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All ITTs for the three selected candidate missions for the 7th Earth Explorer have been issued in July

Most of the six kick-off's are expected still within 2009.

The first round of meetings of each MAG has taken place to consolidate the Phase A Mission Requirements Document

Earth Explorer Seven

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The 2010 European Space Agency Living Planet Symposium will be held in Bergen, Norway from 28 June to 2 July 2010 and organised with the support of the Norwegian Space Center

Objectives:a forum for investigators to present results of on-going research activities using ENVISAT, ERS, GOCE, SMOS, CRYOSAT and ESA Third Party missions data presenting the development of applications and services including GMES presenting the ESA Climate Change Initiative.

Living Planet Symposium

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MTG status The first two major milestones of

completing the Phase A Extension activities and releasing the B2,C/D ITT has been completed in July, on schedule.

The next key date is the receipt of industrial offers on 2nd October and conclusion of contractor selection by the end of this year.

Meteosat Third Generation

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Activities on the Sentinel-1, -2 and -3 missions is progressing well

The launch schedules have been redefined: S-1 May 2012, S-2 May 2013, S-3 April 2013

A draft Data Policy for the Sentinel missions has been approved by ESA Member States in September

Negotiations with GMES Contributing Missions are progressing

GSC

The GMES Space Component Programme

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to systematically generate and distribute long-term series of “Essential Climate Variables” (ECV) to meet needs of UNFCCC and IPCC, based on ESA archived EO data

The rationale of the initiative :

The procurement plan for the Phase 1 of the Earthwatch CCI element has been approved by IPC end of September Programmatic activities are proceeding well.

ESA Initiative on Climate Change

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Launch schedule of ESA EO missions