1. Slide 1 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 ESA Report on ESA EO missions CEOS Budapest, WGISS May 2006 I. Petiteville

2. Slide 2 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 Topics Earth Explorer Missions 3 rd Party missions: ALOS

3. Slide 3 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 smos Aeolus Goce EARTH EXPLORERS Cryosat-2

4. Slide 4 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 Earth Explorer Missions Core missions: GOCE: Gravity and Ocean Circulation. ADM-Aeolus: Measuring the winds at all altitudes. Opportunity missions CRYOSAT: Sea-Ice Monitoring SMOS: Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity. Floating sea ice NOAA Salinity in the Mediterranean

5. Slide 5 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 CRYOSAT Ground Station Kiruna Salmijarvi CRYOSAT-1 equipment Cryosat-2 : Replacement of Cryosat-1 (launch failure) Launch in March 2009.

6. Slide 6 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 Earth Explorer missions (2/3) ADM Aeolus: –GS PDS development KO in Jul. 2005, –PDS completed in 2007. –Launch in Sep. 2008. SMOS: –Ground Segment Phase C/D just starting –Launch 19 Sep. 2007

7. Slide 7 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 Svalbard Ground Station

8. Slide 8 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 Earth Explorer missions (3/3) SWARM: –Launch in 2009 GOCE: –Ground Segment kick- off in Sep. 2003 –Launch beginning of 2007.

9. Slide 9 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 3rd Party mission: ALOS

10. Slide 10 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 ALOS 3 sensors: 1 SAR L-band and 2 optical ALOS Data European Node (ADEN): –Successful Launch on Jan 24, 2006 (beginning of 2006. TBC by JAXA) –First optical image PRISM on Feb 14, 2006

11. Slide 11 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 Shimizu Port

12. Slide 12 CEOS WGISS 20, Kyiv, Sep. 2005 First AVNIR-2 image acquired by ESA at Kiruna (Sweden) on April 24, 2006