ECMWF atmospheric model pressure grids are operationally used to derive dry troposphere and inverse barometer corrections for the ENVISAT RA-2 height measurements.

After the implementation of the new ENVISAT Altimetry Level 1b and Level 2 Near Real Time (NRT) processing chain on 2 February 2010, the RA-2 NRT processing has been moved back to ESRIN (PDHS-E) starting with orbit 41451.

The new versions of the ENVISAT Altimetry Level 1b and Level 2 Near Real Time (NRT) processing chains generating the FDGDR products (NRT IPF version 6.02L04) will become operational from 7:30 UTC on 2 February 2010 (orbit 41443).

The new SCIAMACHY Level 1b operational processor (IPF) Version 7.03 and Level 2 processor Version 5.01 will be activated starting on 4 February 2010.

A new version of the Envisat Altimetry Level 1b and Level 2 Near Real Time and off-line processing chains (NRT IPF version 6.02L04 and OFL CMA v9.3) shall be operational during the first week of February 2010.

The HW problem affecting the RA-2 NRT processing at ESRIN is still not fixed. It has been decided to process the ESRIN RA-2 data at Kiruna on best effort to ensure NRT operations.

ESA makes freely available to the user community a dataset of (A)SAR products (Envisat and ERS) corresponding to the earthquake of Haiti which took place on 12 January 2010.

A new version of the MIPAS Level 1b operational processor (IPF) is close to be activated in the ESA Ground Segment. It is foreseen to switch the new IPF 5.02 in the NRT processing centers (Kiruna and ESRIN) on 28 January 2010.

The RA2 Near Real Time (NRT) production is degraded at PDHS-K (Kiruna) since 23 January 2010 at 17:37 due to a problem in the processing with the use of the DORIS orbit files.

An HW failure is currently preventing Near Real Time (NRT) processing and dissemination of Envisat RA2 data at PDHS-E (ESRIN).

A new Envisat-ERS CInSAR campaign is being planned in the periods:

16 February - 27 April 2010, covering Antarctica targets;
6 July - 14 September 2010, covering northern hemisphere targets (mainly at high latitudes).

Following the planned AATSR instrument outgassing which was executed from 11 - 14 January 2010, the precise unavailability period is now available.

A hardware anomaly preventing nominal dissemination of Envisat Near Real Time (NRT) data towards the PDHS-E (ESRIN) on-line archives since around 22:00 CET on 14 January 2010 has now been solved.

The Envisat data transmission via Artemis (ESA Data Relay Satellite) will be interrupted for approximately one day as a consequence of the use of Artemis to support the forthcoming launch of the USV-2 (Unmanned Space Vehicle) mission.

A scheduled AATSR outgassing was initiated on Monday, 11 January 2010 at 09:00, and is expected to be completed by Thursday, 14 January 2010 09:06.

Due to an on board anomaly, ASAR data acquired from 04:23:35 to 08:14:53 UTC (orbit 40897 - 40899) on 26 December 2009 is affected by a change of the antenna radiation pattern. The overall quality of these data is degraded.