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ENVISAT for schools [ ]
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| Imagine your are standing in the open, on a favourite spot. Look around – perhaps you can see some grass beneath your feet, a nearby clump of trees, and the sea splashing gently onto a shingle beach in the distance. Above, puffy white clouds scud through an otherwise clear sky. Now look up further. You can't see it, but 800 km above your head ENVISAT is streaking across the sky, its ten sensors gathering a hundred million bits of data every second. As ENVISAT looks down at you, what can it see?
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Introduction to Envisat [  ]
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Contribute to a cleaner world in the future! Observe your landscape, the oceans, the icy polar areas with your eyes and at the same time with a satellite. ESA launched in March 2001 the huge ENVISAT satellite, now orbiting our Earth and monitoring its environment. Its scientific data is also good for schools. A pile of colourful images awaits you.
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Envisat's instruments [ ]
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ENVISAT is the most powerful tool ever created for monitoring the state of our planet and the impact that our activities have on it. Producing enough digital data to fill the hard drives of 500 desktop PCs every day, Envisat views the Earth with unprecedented detail and richness. The truck-sized satellite carries 10 instruments, powered by a 70 m solar array generating 6 kW of electricity.
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Envisat's applications [ ]
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Envisat has many specific applications. Some of the satellite’s observations assist with solving basic science questions, such as how does the topography of the ocean change with time, and how can this information be used to predict ocean circulation. Ocean circulation, in turn, has a major impact on weather patterns and climate.
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Images [ ]
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