The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
Find out more about space activities in our 23 Member States, and understand how ESA works together with their national agencies, institutions and organisations.
Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicThank you for liking
You have already liked this page, you can only like it once!
During the DESIREX 2008 campaign, two flight lines along the NW-SE & the N-S urban axis have been done at 3 different times of the day (around sunrise, noon and midnight) in order to characterise the warming/cooling process of the urban areas. Some of the DESIREX 2008 flights have been organised contemporarily with an ASTER pass over the city of Madrid. This image shows the two flight lines and the footprint of an AHS-observed surface temperature area overlaid on an ASTER satellite image of the city of Madrid.