As a result of an online vote, the first winner of the GMES Masters competition goes to Chelys for their Satellite Rapid Response System. They were voted Best Service Challenge. The GMES Masters competition called for new ideas and services for the best use of Earth observation data from Europe’s Global Monitoring and Security programme. The competition, which closed on...
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From 2011 onwards the GMES Masters will reward on an annual basis the best projects and business ideas for a GMES commercial service, with the aim to support the development of GMES related entrepreneurship in Europe. Initiated by the European Space Agency (ESA), the Bavarian Ministry of Economy, the German Aerospace Center (DLR) and T-Systems, the GMES Masters 2011 calls...
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ESA has signed the Miravi upgrade contract. The new version, installed 28 February 2011, now includes support for processing ASAR Level1 products as well as a renewed MERIS Level0 processor, which has improved geolocation accuracy that reaches sub-pixel resolution. The Miravi web interface has also been redesigned, and now offers support for the Google Earth browser...
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The Envisat mission was launched in March 2002 for 5-year nominal lifetime. Consequently the on-board hydrazine capacity was designed for a 5-year duration operation. Careful management of the satellite orbital manoeuvres allowed saving enough hydrazine for operating nominally Envisat for an additional 3.5 years, i.e. until end 2010. The operations of the Envisat...
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