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EnMAP
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The German hyperspectral satellite EnMAP will observe Earth from an altitude of approximately 650 kilometres and provide important information in the fight against climate change and environmental destruction.
Trailer mission video – the German EnMAP environmental satellite (in German)
The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) mission is the first hyperspectral satellite developed and built in Germany. With its two spectrometers, it analyses the solar radiation reflected from Earth's surface at wavelengths ranging from visible light to short-wave infrared – at a hitherto unparalleled spectral resolution. This information can be used to make precise statements about conditions on Earth's surface and how they are changing. Answers to current questions from the fields of environment and near-natural ecosystems, agriculture and forestry, land use, water management and quality, as well as mineralogy and geology, can then be obtained at various scales. The EnMAP mission is being managed by the German Space Agency at DLR on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz; BMWK).
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EnMAP logo
The German hyperspectral satellite EnMAP will observe Earth from an altitude of approximately 650 kilometres and provide important information in the fight against climate change and environmental destruction.
EnMAP being hoisted
Ready to go: The German environmental satellite EnMAP was set down in its transport container. EnMAP was transported from the OHB site in Bremen to Hanover airport by a heavy goods vehicle. From there, the satellite was transported by air via Greenland and Newfoundland to Florida with a stopover in Iceland.
