ERS ENVISAT for the Ice Community Andrea

ERS & ENVISAT for the Ice Community Andrea Celentano IICWG Meeting 2001 – Norway

Overview: what is Eurimage ? Founded in 1989; current shareholders: 51 % 49 % Location: Rome (Italy)

Eurimage Mission To be a content provider in the world-wide “Geo Information” business, offering fast, easy and cost-effective access to multisatellite data and derived products with global coverage

Satellite Missions Distribution Rights • Quick. Bird – Exclusive Master Distributor for Digital. Globle for Europe and the Mediterranean Basin • LANDSAT – World-wide exclusive for data from ESA stations – World-wide distribution of all other archived data at USGS – Distribution agreements with IGS • ERS /Envisat – World-wide distribution for data from ESA stations and International stations on behalf of EMMA

Satellite Missions Distribution Rights • IRS – World-Wide distribution for data from Space Imaging Inc. archive – Distribution rights from Euromap archive • Radarsat – Distribution rights for EU countries • Ikonos – Distribution rights from Space Imaging Inc. , Space Imaging Europe and Space Imaging Eurasia

Network: More than 150 Application Providers • • VA companies offering Geo-Information solutions to end users To maximise segment and geographic area coverage Increased in Europe from 80 to 100 (150 in 2001) Growing presence world-wide (ERS/Envisat; JV with IGS) N. America: 18 Europe: 102 Asia: 18 Africa: 4 S. America: 10 Australia: 5

EMMA and the ESA SAR missions Leader of the EMMA Consortium, one of the two distributing entities appointed for the world-wide distribution of data from the ESA missions: · ENVISAT (launch first quarter 2002) ·ERS 1 -2

EMMA Master Distributor Eurimage • Data and Services Provider: – Satellite Tasking: Interface with ESA and Ground Stations – Access to data archives: Nat’l and Int’l Ground Stations – Co-ordination with ESA and Ground Stations to develop NRT data dissemination systems (FTP, DVB…) – Catalogues: Einet and DESCW (on-line, off-line) – Tailored pricing conditions – Dedicated Support Team

EMMA Value Adders ASI, Astrium, DLR, Info. Terra, Qineti. Q, Telespazio • Marketing and implementation of Value Added products and services – specific segments – key geographic areas – multi-source data • Product innovation and product development

EMMA Ground Stations DLR, Qineti. Q, Telespazio – Special/fast acquisition response – Fast dissemination of NRT products and services – Acquisition outside visibility masks

The next ESA SAR mission: ENVISAT payload • Dimensions Launch configuration: length 10. 5 m envelope diameter 4. 6 m In-Orbit configuration: 26 m x 10 m x 5 m • Mass Total satellite 8140 Kg Payload 2050 Kg • Power Solar array power: 6. 5 k. W (EOL) Average power demand: Sun Eclipse (watts) Payload 1700 1750 Satellite 3275 2870 • Launch vehicle Ariane 5 (single launch) • Orbit 800 km as ERS, sun synchronous 10: 00, i. e. 30 minutes before ERS-2

ENVISAT ASAR Imaging Modes

some ASAR applications

NRT Services to Ice Centres • Direct Down-Link at: – Ground Receiving Station – At Customer Location • • ARTEMIS Direct Down-Link for fast data reception Raw or Processed Data Delivery via: – FTP – DVB • Data/Service delivery through NGS Partners: DLR, Qineti. Q, Telespazio

The next ESA SAR mission: ENVISAT Payload Data Recovery ENVISAT Solid State Recorders Ka-Band X-Band Artemis (European DRS) KIRUNA Ka-Band ESA/ESRIN USERS

Comments on Concept Paper Eurimage has understood and is ready to work with the Ice Service Community • • • Single Services Ice Service Community Data Access – Volume – Licenses of Use – Format • Delivery

Comments on Concept Paper • cont’ Single Service & Ice Service Community – Competitive Prices – Ad-Hoc Service fitted to personalized requirements • Data Access (Volume, Sharing, Format) – Discounts based on volume orders – Multi-user/site License – Std. ESA Formats, VA products from the EMMA Members (with own products & services ). • Delivery – To each user community – Single database for multiple retrieval

Conclusions • Eurimage is willing to start negotiations and discussions with Ice Organizations to setup agreements for both ERS and future ENVISAT • We also wish to continue our participation to Ice Organization events and initiatives which require: – Co-ordinated actions between: Users Community, Data Providers, VA Sector, Satellite Operators