CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Envisat
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Full Name
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Environmental Satellite
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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ESA
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Launch Date
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01 Mar 2002
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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08 Apr 2012
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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27386 (TLE)
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International Designator
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2002-009A
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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100.5 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Descending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.52 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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782 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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10:30
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Repeat Cycle
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35 days
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Objectives and Applications
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Physical oceanography, land surface, ice and snow, atmospheric chemistry, atmospheric dynamics/water and energy cycles.
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Mission Measurements
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| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | AATSR, GOMOS, MERIS, SCIAMACHY |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GOMOS, MIPAS, MWR, RA-2 |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | AATSR, MERIS, SCIAMACHY |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | MERIS |
| Ozone | GOMOS, MIPAS, SCIAMACHY |
| Radiation budget | AATSR, MERIS, SCIAMACHY |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | GOMOS, MIPAS, SCIAMACHY |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GOMOS, MIPAS |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | DORIS-NG, RA-2 |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | AATSR, MERIS |
| Landscape topography | ASAR, ASAR (image mode), RA-2 |
| Soil moisture | ASAR, ASAR (image mode) |
| Vegetation | AATSR, ASAR, ASAR (image mode), MERIS |
| Surface temperature (land) | AATSR |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | AATSR, ASAR, ASAR (image mode), MERIS |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | MERIS |
| Ocean topography/currents | ASAR, ASAR (image mode), ASAR (wave mode), DORIS-NG, RA-2 |
| Ocean surface winds | ASAR, ASAR (image mode), ASAR (wave mode), RA-2 |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | AATSR |
| Ocean wave height and spectrum | ASAR, ASAR (image mode), ASAR (wave mode), RA-2 |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | AATSR, ASAR, ASAR (image mode), MERIS |
| Snow & Ice | Ice sheet topography | ASAR, RA-2 |
| Snow cover, edge and depth | ASAR, ASAR (image mode), MERIS |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | AATSR, ASAR, ASAR (image mode), MERIS, RA-2 |
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Mission Instruments
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