Due for launch by Ariane 5 in June 2001, Envisat-1 is an advanced polar-orbiting Earth Observation satellite, which will provide measurements of the atmosphere, ocean, land and ice over a five year period. As a successor to ESA's ERS-1 and ERS-2 spacecraft, Envisat will collect remote sensing data which will support Earth science research and allow monitoring of the evolution of environmental and climatic changes.
This video, in B-roll format, presents the completion of ESA's Envisat-1 satellite at ESTEC, Noordwijk, Netherlands. It includes footage of Envisat, filmed in ESTEC's Integration facilities on 13 April 2000; interview with Bill Simpson, Deputy AIT Manager, Matra Marconi Space; interview with Derek Todtman, Envisat Programme Manager, Matra Marconi Space; 3-D graphics of Envisat in orbit and satellite deployment; Ariane 5 launch sequence.

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