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The mission

Envisat was the largest Earth observation spacecraft ever built. The mission delivered thousands of images and a wealth of data used to study the workings of the Earth system, including insights into factors contributing to climate change. The end of the mission was declared on 9 May 2012, but ten years of Envisat’s archived data continue to be exploited for studying our planet.

The launch

  • Date: 01 March 2002
  • Site: Kourou, French Guiana
  • Rocket: Ariane 5
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Envisat mosaic May - November 2004
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Envisat making sharpest ever global Earth map

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Contestants
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Envisat helps Polar Challenge racers on way to Magnetic Nor…

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Envisat image shows Drygalski crack
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B-15A collides with Antarctic ice tongue

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This methane emissions model was compared to Envisat data
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Envisat enables first global check of regional methane emis…

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Double volcanic eruption in Eastern Russia

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Click to see individual country mosaics
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MERIS captures all of Europe from orbit

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Research vessel L'Atalante
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Satellites guide ship through South Pacific's watery desert

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Refugee camp in Darfur
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Darfur aid workers receiving assistance from orbit

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Global air pollution map produced by Envisat's SCIAMACHY
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Global air pollution map produced by Envisat's SCIAMACHY

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Map for the Triplex 2004 exercise
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Envisat Symposium Report Day 4: Assistance from space to co…

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Global atmospheric methane distribution measured by SCIAMACHY
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Envisat Symposium Report Day 3: Satellites supporting Kyoto…

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Air pollution measured by SCIAMACHY
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Envisat Symposium Report Day 2: GMES turns science to servi…

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Envisat Symposium Day One: Steady symphony of Europe’s larg…

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Wide-viewing Envisat tracks 'son of B-15' iceberg's odyssey…

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Scientists meet to review Envisat results after two and a h…

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Images from the year
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Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit

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Envisat satellite
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Envisat completes its ten thousandth orbit around Earth

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Icebreaker Kapitan Khlebnikov
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Envisat images delivered to Antarctic eclipse spotters

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Phytoplankton in the Benguela current, shown by MERIS
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Passing its global sight test leaves MERIS ready for work

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ERS-Envisat interferogram
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All that glitters: The first ERS/Envisat interferogram

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Archangel, northern Russia, 13 March 2003
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Artemis relays first images for Envisat

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Envisat one year in orbit
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Envisat celebrates first anniversary in space

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ASAR and MERIS images of Corsica and Sardinia
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The power of two: Envisat demonstrates combined imagery fr…

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One of the larger instruments being connected to the auxiliary balloon
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Envisat Validation Campaign launches balloons over Sweden

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Envisat, artist's impression
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Envisat breaks the terabyte barrier

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MERIS scene viewed in perspective
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The first Envisat check-up on the Earth

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Envisat soars into orbit
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Europe’s environmental eye soars into orbit

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Envisat over the Earth (artistic view)
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ESA's Envisat satellite ready for lift-off

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Envisat, artist's impression
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Europe's Environment Satellite

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Anke Hartmanns, Germany, winner of ESA's Earth Flag competition
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..and the winner is Anke Hartmanns!

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Envisat in testing
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Envisat's last weeks on European soil

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Global sea-surface temperature
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Europe’s satellites track climate changes

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Envisat in testing
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Envisat launch: only a few months to go!

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Envisat competition
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Envisat launch: Win a chance to send your drawing into spac…

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