Mission Introduction

• the Envisat Space Segment (the satellite itself) including the Polar Platform (PPF) and the payload
• the Envisat Ground Segment consisting of the payload data segment (PDS) and the flight operation segment (FOS)

The Envisat satellite works closely together with the Artemis data relay satellite (see the page on Artemis background information).

Keywords: ESA European Space Agency - Agence spatiale europeenne, observation de la terre, earth observation, satellite remote sensing, teledetection, geophysique, altimetrie, radar, chimique atmospherique, geophysics, altimetry, radar, atmospheric chemistry