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its launch in 2002. Envisat a few tenths of a degree. It scientiic interest, but are at taken by the ASAR (Advan-
THE PRESS OPINION
observed and monitored tracked variations in vegeta- the very heart of policy deci- ced Synthetic Aperture Ra-
Earth’s land masses, oceans tion cover, marine microlife sions at all levels. And data dar) instrument. These were

and ice caps over a 10-year and cloud composition. It from space technology is a the latest signs of life from 23 de mayo de 2012
period, providing a truly
studied the chemical proile
vital factor in the manage-
the satellite. Intensive at-
El sector privado
en órbita

“Dragon” es la primera cápsula
comercial que abastecerá a
la EEI. El momento en el que Últimos datos de
El radar de apertura
“Dragon” alcanzó la órbita fue Envisat enviados por sintética (ASAR) de
celebrado con júbilo en la sala banda ka: España y Envisat captó estas
de control de la misión y entre Portugal tal como los imágenes de las Islas
los jóvenes ...
vio el Espectrómetro de Canarias el 8 de abril
Imágenes de Resolución de 2012 a las 11.09
Media (MERIS), el 8 de GMT. Fueron los últimos

abril de 2012 a as 11.05 datos procedentes de
GMT. (© ESA)
Envisat transmitidos
en banda X. (© ESA/
Last Envisat data Edisoft)
transmitted in ka-band:
Spain and Portugal as Envisat’s Synthetic
seen by the MEdium Aperture Radar (ASAR)
Resolution Image captured this image
Spectrometer (MERIS), of the Canary Islands
on April 8th, 2012 at 11:05 on April 8th, 2012, at
GMT. (© ESA)
11:09 GMT. This was

the last Envisat data
transmitted in X-band.
(© ESA/Edisoft)

www.larazon.es
global perspective of the of the atmosphere by mea- ment of the way we live on tempts to ind out what had

planet’s natural ecosystem suring the levels of ozone, Earth.
happened and re-establish
and how it is affected by trace gases, water content contact were undertaken, 12 de marzo de 2012
After 10 dazzling
human activity. It was origi- and pollution. Its high- including giving the order to El vigilante más
nally planned for a ive-year resolution radar sensors years, the mission is the recently launched Pleia- rápido del clima
period of operation, but so could locate ships, identify inished
des satellite to photograph
El nuevo satélite europeo
valuable and so effective oil spills, and register land On April 8th, just a few the silent Envisat as the Meteosat 10 se acaba de
did Envisat’s data proved mass movements and lood weeks after celebrating its two spacecraft passed each presentar en Francia. Se
lanzará el próximo mes de
to be that the mission was contours to the millimeter.
tenth anniversary in orbit, other at a distance of about junio y aportará 20 veces más
extended.
Perhaps the most sig- Envisat transmitted a color 100 km. Unfortunately, to información y a más velocidad
que sus predecesores.
The satellite recorded the niicant contribution that image of the Iberian Penin- no avail, and in May 2012
topography of land masses this proliic observatory has sula captured by the MERIS the ESA had to regretfully El principal instrumento del MSG es un radiómetro “Serviri”
and seas within a margin made, due to the quality and (MEdium Resolution Image declare the end of the pio- formado por 12 detectores
sensibles a diferentes franjas 19 de mayo de 2012
of error of only a few milli- sheer volume of information Spectrometer) instrument neering Envisat mission.
del espectro...
meters and the surface tem- provided, is that these is- and a black and white radar
www.elmundo.es
peratures to an accuracy of
sues no longer have a purely
image of the Canary Islands

27 de junio de 2012
14:52:03
14:59:07
14:59:57
Una urbe

Envisat en órbita, fotograiado por Pléiades 1A, cuando
cerrada que mira
se intentó restablecer contacto con el ahora súbitamente al espacio
mudo satélite medioambiental. Lanzado en diciembre de n un ambiente que parece
2011, Pléiades 1A, es el primero de una nueva generación Esalido de una novela de la
de satélites ágiles, de gran rapidez de reacción y muy alta Guerra Fría, los ingenieros
resolución, características que hicieron posible captar esta de Zheleznogorsk crean los
imagen. (© CNES)
www.heraldo.es
sistemas aeroespaciales más
avanzados del mundo.
Envisat in orbit photographed by Pleiades 1A, when attempts
were made to re-establish contact with the suddenly silent

environmental satellite. Pleiades 1A, launched in December
2011, is the irst in a new generation of agile, rapid response
and very high resolution satellites, these attributes making it
possible to capture this picture. (© CNES)
www.elpais.es

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