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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
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Antarctica's Drygalski Ice Tongue
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ESA expands its Earth-exploring service

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Record loss of ozone over Arctic

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Interferogram showing ground movement
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Earth movements from Japan earthquake seen from space

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Weekly composite map
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New land maps available in time for spring

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Snow grain size
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ESA project reveals new insight into complexities of snow

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Coast guards meeting at ESRIN
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Coast guards prepare for greater surveillance from space

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Port of Tallinn dredging works
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ESA's sharp eyes on coastal waters

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Volcanic eruptions in Japan captured by Envisat
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Envisat captures volcanic eruptions in Japan today

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Satellite data to improve flood forecasting

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Etna eruption seen by Envisat
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Mount Etna bursts into life – new image

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ESA’s 2009 global land cover map
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ESA unveils latest map of world’s land cover

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Hairy crab invasion
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ESA satellite data reduce invasion of alien species

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Atmospheric methane 2003–09
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Satellites unravel complex relationship between northern fo…

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GlobCorine map 2009
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Express map delivery from space

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Merapi sulphur dioxide (SO2) plume movement (infrared)
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Satellites tracking Mt Merapi volcanic ash clouds

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Last 'tango' in space

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Envisat
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Envisat in its new home

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Oil spill extent in mid-May
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Bluefin tuna hit hard by ‘Deepwater Horizon’ disaster

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Volcanic cones along lava path
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Insight into volcanic eruptions, courtesy of space

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Gulf of Mexico oil spill seen from space
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ESA and oil industries explore applications from space

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Satellites reveal Russian fires worst in 14 years

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GlobGlacier final meeting in Zermatt
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ESA GlobGlacier project makes important contribution

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Mapping flood with Envisat's radar
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Earth observation aids disaster relief in Pakistan

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Greenland glacier gives birth to giant iceberg

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Thinning ice sheets

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Oil still entering Loop Current

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Carbon dioxide on the rise

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ASAR image 18 May
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Gulf of Mexico oil spill in the Loop Current

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Ash cloud from Iceland’s Eyjafjallajoekull volcano
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Envisat captures renewed volcanic activity

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ASAR product for 29 April
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Envisat monitors oil spill proximity to Loop Current

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Radar image acquired on 2 May
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Envisat monitoring changes in oil spill

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Oil spill nears the coast
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Oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico nears the coast

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Envisat radar image of the oil spill
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ESA’s Envisat monitors oil spill

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Development of the ash plume from Iceland’s volcano
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Envisat keeping an eye on the Eyjafjallajoekull volcano

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Plume of ash from the Eyjafjallajoekull Volcano
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New satellite image of ash spewing from Iceland’s volcano

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Volcanic ash sweeping across northern Europe
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New satellite image of volcanic ash cloud

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Spring from space

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Boreal forest
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New boreal forest biomass maps produced from radar satellit…

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Mount Nyamulagira
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Congo receives help from space after volcano eruption

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Aerosol optical depth measured by SEVIRI
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Climate studies to benefit from 12 years of satellite aeros…

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Beichuan City before and after the earthquake
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Satellite data look behind the scenes of deadly earthquake

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Evolution of global ozone distribution
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Ozone layer depletion levelling off

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Fires north of Athens on 22 August
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Greek fires seen from space

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Average NO2 measured by Envisat
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Earth observation goes planetary – SCIAMACHY observes Venus

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Envisat
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ESA extends Envisat satellite mission

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NO2 map placed on top of the shipping route map
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ESA map reveals European shipping routes like never before

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ERS-2/Envisat InSAR tandem interferogram showing Po river delta, Italy
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ESA's old EO missions perform sophisticated new tricks

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Superimposed Envisat images show margins of the collapsed ice bridge
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Satellite imagery shows fragile Wilkins Ice Shelf destabili…

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Envisat interferogram over the L'Aquila area
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Satellites show how Earth moved during Italy quake

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