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    Envisat ("Environmental Satellite") is a large Earth-observing satellite which has been inactive since 2012. It is still in orbit and considered space...
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  • WSR-57 WSR-74 AIRS AMSU-A ASTER Aqua Aura AVHRR CALIPSO CloudSat CERES DMC Envisat EROS GOES GOMOS GRACE Hydros ICESat IKONOS Jason-1 Landsat MERIS MetOp...
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    European Space Agency launched ENVISAT (an observation satellite that orbits the Earth's poles) on March 1, 2002. ENVISAT employs advanced synthetic aperture...
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    imaging programs, and a collaborative European effort launched the ERS and Envisat satellites carrying various sensors. There are also private companies that...
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    the fragment until it would re-enter and be destroyed harmlessly. The Envisat satellite is a large, inactive satellite with a mass of 8,211 kg (18,102 lb)...
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  • orbits at an altitude of about 800 km (500 mi) and near polar inclination. Envisat (2002–2012) is one example. The Hubble Space Telescope orbits at about...
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  • correlative datasets collected for the EOS-Aura validation program and the Envisat calibration and validation campaign (Cal/Val), metadata definitions, covering...
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  • and greatly expands on the work of the previous €2.3 billion European Envisat programme which operated from 2002 to 2012. Copernicus moved from R&D to...
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    ESA/Hubble. Retrieved 16 September 2017. "Envisat Space Segment". ESA Earth Online. Retrieved 16 September 2017. "Envisat Orbit". Heavens Above. Retrieved 16...
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    the motion of position of the periapsis is stable. The ERS-1, ERS-2 and Envisat of European Space Agency, as well as the MetOp spacecraft of EUMETSAT and...
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