ENVISAT


Launched in:2002
Out of service since:2012
Repeat cycle:35 days
Orbit height:783 km
Orbit type:Sun Synchronous
Organisation: ESA
The Envisat mission ended on 8 April 2012, following the unexpected loss of contact with the satellite.

ENVISAT websites

Information

ESA Earth Online - ENVISAT
ESA - ENVISAT overview
DLR - ENVISAT Project
DLR - World Data Center Atmosphere

Data ordering

KNMI Data Centre
ESA Earth Online - ENVISAT data
Copernicus - Marine env. & monit. Service
ESA/CNES - BRAT: Broadview Radar Altimetry Toolbox
CNES Aviso - Products guide
ESA Earth Online - Online dissemination

On Board Sensors

AATSR (Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer)
ASAR (Advanced Synthetic Aperture Radar)
DORIS (Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite)
GOMOS (Global Ozone Monitoring by Occultation of Stars)
MERIS (Medium Resolution Imaging Specrometer Instrument)
MIPAS (Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding)
MWR (Microwave Radiometer)
RA-2 (Radio Altimeter)
SCIAMACHY (Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography)