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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
Envisat
Ice streams named
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Antarctic glaciers named after satellites

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Antarctic ice loss 1992–2019
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A quarter of glacier ice in West Antarctica is now unstable

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Losing ice
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Greenland ice loss quickening

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Regional sea-level trends
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Spotlight on sea-level rise

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Ozone ups and downs

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Satellites track Antarctic ice loss over decades

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Satellites track variations in Antarctica’s glacial retreat

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Wilkins Ice Shelf, 1994–2015
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Sharing Earth observation satellite data to help understand…

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Methane increase
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Methane and carbon dioxide on the rise

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Astrolabe Glacier
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Antarctic ice safety band at risk

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Basilica di Massenzio
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On solid ground

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Turnover times
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Timing carbon turnover

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Emission pattern and trends
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Good and bad news for our atmosphere

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Poyang lake
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Ten year-old Dragon gains new strength

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Sea-surface temperature
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Is global warming hiding underwater?

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Land surface temperature
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Taking Earth’s temperature

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Reflecting on Earth’s albedo

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Carbon dioxide levels 2002–12
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Our living planet: Earth’s ‘carbon dioxide breathing’ seen …

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Northern biomass
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Earth’s northern biomass mapped and measured

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Threshing rice
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A helping hand from above for The Gambia

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Greece deformations
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Greece’s ups and downs

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Tracking trains with satellite precision

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Is the ozone layer on the road to recovery?

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Snowy Siberia
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Earth from Space: Snowy Siberia

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The island of Elba, Italy
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Earth from Space: Mediterranean pearls

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Lofoten animation screenshot
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Norwegian Sea’s ups and downs

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Tibesti Mountains
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Earth from Space: Mountains of hunger

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Cyprus
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Earth from Space: Aphrodite’s island

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Wadden Sea crop
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Satellites keep an eye on Dutch dikes

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Kimberley region, Australia
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Earth from Space: Kimberley

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Sombrero uplift
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South America’s sombrero uplift

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ESA’s 2009 global land cover map
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Focus on space debris: Envisat

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Cloud-free image of Iceland
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Earth from Space: Iceland

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Grison Alps
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Landslide mapping in the Swiss Alps

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Radar altimetry gains altitude in Venice

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Mean sea level trends
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Call for Media: new data on global sea level changes

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Santorini inflating
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Santorini sees growth spurt

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Pine Island cracked
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Earth from Space: Pine Island cracked

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Photosynthetic activity
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Pressure now on to launch ESA’s Sentinel missions

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Watch 'Africa’s largest and highest' on the Earth from Spac…

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Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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Earth from Space: Africa’s largest and highest

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Nea Kameni volcano movement captured by Envisat

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Watch 'Hot spots' on the Earth from Space programme

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Envisat
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ESA declares end of mission for Envisat

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Watch 'Rainforest river' on the Earth from Space programme

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Pleiades image of Envisat
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Investigation on Envisat continues

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Watch 'Roof of the world' on the Earth from Space programme

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MERIS image before loss of contact
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Envisat services interrupted

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Larsen Ice Shelf in 2012
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Satellite observes rapid ice shelf disintegration in Antarc…

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Alutu Volcano
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Keeping an eye – from the sky – on volcanoes

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