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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
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

30/11/2012 2985 views 5 likes
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The island of Elba, Italy
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Earth from Space: Mediterranean pearls

23/11/2012 2631 views 5 likes
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Lofoten animation screenshot
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Norwegian Sea’s ups and downs

20/11/2012 2118 views 3 likes
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Tibesti Mountains
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Earth from Space: Mountains of hunger

16/11/2012 3710 views 6 likes
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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

23/10/2012 3508 views 3 likes
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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

28/03/2012 2427 views 5 likes
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Frozen land
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Signs of thawing permafrost revealed from space

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Watch 'Where worlds collide' on the Earth from Space progra…

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Envisat captures images of a sandstorm
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Satellite captures images of sandstorm

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Watch 'Far east' on the Earth from Space programme

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GlobIce: mapping the movement of sea ice

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Watch 'Historical view' on the Earth from Space programme

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West Coast of Africa - First MERIS image
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Earth from Space: Historical view

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Envisat, artist's impression
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Happy birthday, Envisat

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Watch the replay: Earth from Space – special edition

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Snowy Italy
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Snow-bound Italy

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Tropical Cyclone Giovanna
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ESA tracks powerful storm making landfall

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Satellites detect abundance of fresh water in the Arctic

23/01/2012 3250 views 3 likes
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A southern summer bloom
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Earth from Space: A southern summer bloom

13/01/2012 8290 views 10 likes
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Satellite data for irrigation
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Earth observation empowers African scientists to improve wa…

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Planet Earth in your pocket … and on your tablet

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Flood monitoring
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Satellites respond to humanitarian needs

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First-class views of the world below

21/11/2011 1340 views 2 likes
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