Mission milestones

09/05/2012

ESA declares end of mission for Envisat

12/04/2012

Envisat services interrupted

05/04/2012

Satellite observes rapid ice shelf disintegration in Antarctic

13/02/2012

ESA tracks powerful storm making landfall

23/01/2012

Satellites detect abundance of fresh water in the Arctic

23/09/2011

Around the world – 50 000 times

03/05/2011

ESA expands its Earth-exploring service

04/04/2011

Record loss of ozone over Arctic

21/12/2010

ESA unveils latest map of world’s land cover

23/11/2010

Express map delivery from space

02/11/2010

Last 'tango' in space

28/10/2010

Envisat in its new home

05/07/2010

Agreement between ESA and EMSA furthers maritime safety

19/04/2010

New satellite image of ash spewing from Iceland’s volcano

05/06/2009

ESA extends Envisat satellite mission

22/05/2009

ESA map reveals European shipping routes like never before

17/03/2008

New portrait of Earth shows land cover as never before

03/10/2007

2007 ozone hole ‘smaller than usual’

14/09/2007

Satellites witness lowest Arctic ice coverage in history

11/05/2007

ESA presents the sharpest ever satellite map of Earth

27/04/2007

Satellites shed light on global warming

20/03/2007

First greenhouse gas animations produced using Envisat SCIAMACHY data

28/02/2007

Envisat still going strong after five successful years

16/02/2007

ESA celebrates 15 years of near-real time data delivery in Earth Observation

05/12/2006

Explore planet Earth in near-real time

16/11/2006

European Space Agency and Google Earth showcase our planet

28/02/2006

Four years on, Envisat hailed for its contribution to Earth science

21/10/2005

ESA's new Earth Images Gallery: Typhoon Kirogi makes stormy entry

05/05/2005

Envisat making sharpest ever global Earth map

07/02/2005

MERIS captures all of Europe from orbit

11/10/2004

Global air pollution map produced by Envisat's SCIAMACHY

01/03/2004

Envisat concludes a busy second year in orbit

30/01/2004

Envisat completes its ten thousandth orbit of the Earth

10/07/2003

Passing its global sight test leaves MERIS ready for work

25/04/2003

All that glitters: The first ERS/Envisat interferogram

19/03/2003

Artemis relays first images for Envisat

28/02/2003

Envisat celebrates first anniversary in space

31/10/2002

The power of two: Envisat demonstrates combined imagery from dual sensors

25/06/2002

Envisat breaks the terabyte barrier

28/03/2002

The first Envisat check-up on the Earth

01/03/2002

Europe’s environmental eye soars into orbit

26/02/2002

ESA's Envisat satellite ready for lift-off

05/02/2001

Envisat's last weeks on European soil

18/01/2001

Envisat launch: only a few months to go!

11/11/2001

Europe's Environment Satellite

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