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This chapter provides an overview on Earth Observation (EO) satellites, describing the end-to-end elements of an EO mission, then focusing on the European EO programmes. Some significant results obtained using data from European missions (ERS, Envisat) are provided. Finally the access to EO data through the European Space Agency (ESA), mostly free of charge, is described.
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For this chapter many texts and information have been used which are found on ESA Web sites.
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ESA (2006) The changing Earth—new scientific challenges for ESA’s Living Planet Programme, ESA SP-1304
ESA (2007) InSAR principles—guidelines for SAR interferometry processing and interpretation, ESA TM-19
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Laur, H., Liebig, V. (2010). Earth Observation Satellite Missions and Data Access. In: Freeden, W., Nashed, M.Z., Sonar, T. (eds) Handbook of Geomathematics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01546-5_3
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