This video contains rushes, filmed on 13 April 2000, of the complete Envisat-1 satellite in the cleanroom at ESA-ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands. Includes footage of the mating of the Service Module with the Payload Module.
Due for launch by Ariane 5 in June 2001, Envisat-1 is an advanced polar-orbiting Earth Observation satellite, which will provide measurements of the atmosphere, ocean, land and ice over a five year period. As a successor to ESA's ERS-1 and ERS-2 spacecraft, Envisat will collect remote sensing data which will support Earth science research and allow monitoring of the evolution of environmental and climatic changes.

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