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Launching on the SpaceX Transporter 4 mission:
https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=54106.0

EnMAP - Environmental Mapping Program

EnMAP is a future - first German optical - earth observation satellite mission. The satellite will provide valuable, high-quality scientific data with 232 spectral bands from 420 nm to 2450 nm and a ground resolution of 30 x 30 m².

Primary mission goal is the measuring and analyzing a wide range of numerous ecosystem parameters which describe vital processes on the earth’s surface relating to agriculture, forestry, soil and geological environments, as well as coastal zones and inland waters. EnMAP data will serve to measure and model key dynamic ecosystem processes and will make a significant contribution to comprehension of the complex system "Earth".

The mission will be realized in a co-operation between GFZ, Kayser-Threde, OHB and DLR. GSOC will operate the satellite during LEOP, commissioning phase and routine operations.

Launch Date planned: 2017
Orbit Altitude: 653 km
Orbit Inclination: 97.96°
Masse: 980 kg
Dimensions: 3,1 m × 2,0 m × 1,7 m
Launch Site: Sriharikota, India
Launcher: PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)
Mission Duration: > 5 years
Control Center: DLR / GSOC

LINK: http://www.dlr.de/rb/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-6815/11182_read-25528/
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EnMAP - Environmental Mapping Program

EnMAP is a future - first German optical - earth observation satellite mission. The satellite will provide valuable, high-quality scientific data with 232 spectral bands from 420 nm to 2450 nm and a ground resolution of 30 x 30 m².

Primary mission goal is the measuring and analyzing a wide range of numerous ecosystem parameters which describe vital processes on the earth’s surface relating to agriculture, forestry, soil and geological environments, as well as coastal zones and inland waters. EnMAP data will serve to measure and model key dynamic ecosystem processes and will make a significant contribution to comprehension of the complex system "Earth".

The mission will be realized in a co-operation between GFZ, Kayser-Threde, OHB and DLR. GSOC will operate the satellite during LEOP, commissioning phase and routine operations.

Launch Date planned: 2017
Orbit Altitude: 653 km
Orbit Inclination: 97.96°
Masse: 980 kg
Dimensions: 3,1 m × 2,0 m × 1,7 m
Launch Site: Sriharikota, India
Launcher: PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle)
Mission Duration: > 5 years
Control Center: DLR / GSOC

LINK: http://www.dlr.de/rb/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-6815/11182_read-25528/
PSLV version is currently unknown but EnMAP is believed to be flying as a passenger on a 2017 SPOT flight.

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PSLV version is currently unknown but EnMAP is believed to be flying as a passenger on a 2017 SPOT flight.

What do you mean by a 'SPOT' flight ?
(I'm assuming you don't refer to the 'SPOT' satellites from Airbus DS, as no new satellite is currently planned, at least not as early as 2017)

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EnMAP - Environmental Mapping Program
Launch Date planned: 2017
LINK: http://www.dlr.de/rb/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-6815/11182_read-25528/
This link now gives 2018 has the planned launch date

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Re: PSLV-CA - EnMAP - end of 2021
« Reply #4 on: 11/25/2020 11:36 pm »
Cross-post; OHB press release dated August 7, 2020:
EnMAP slips to "end of 2021":
https://www.ohb.de/en/news/2020/instrument-for-german-environmental-satellite-enmap-performing-well-in-test-campaign/

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The hyperspectral instrument (HSI) for the EnMAP satellite will be spending the next few weeks in IABG’s space testing center to undergo the environmental testing campaign to determine whether it will be able to survive the conditions prevailing in space [vibrational?, acoustic, thermal-vacuum, electromagnetic compatibility].

Following the completion of the environmental test campaign and after the EnMAP instrument has returned to OHB’s space center “Optics & Science” in Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich, integration on the platform, known as the satellite bus, will commence. The EnMAP satellite will then start taking shape. At the end of 2021, the “environmental scout” is to be launched to its destination in a sun-synchronous orbit around the Earth at an altitude of around 640 kilometers. The mission is to have a duration of five years.
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Re: PSLV-CA - EnMAP - NET 2022
« Reply #5 on: 08/21/2021 09:44 am »
Cross-post:

EnMAP to launch in 2022 on Falcon 9:

https://www.dlr.de/eoc/en/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-5514/20470_read-47899/

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EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program) will be the first German optical earth remote sensing mission in orbit. It will acquire high quality hyperspectral image data with 230 spectral channels in the solar-reflectance range on a frequent basis with high geometric resolution. The major objectives of the mission are to measure, derive, and analyze numerous diagnostic parameters which describe vital processes on the earth’s surface relating to agriculture, forestry, soil and geological environments, as well as coastal zones and inland waters. During operations the mission will provide information about the status of different ecosystems and their response to natural or man-made changes in the environment. The mission management is led by the Space Agency of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The scientific aspects of the mission are covered by the German Research Centre for Geosciences (GFZ). The OHB-System AG is responsible for the development, production, and launch of the satellite. The establishment and operation of the ground segment is performed by the DLR entities Earth Observation Center (EOC) and Space Operations and Astronaut Training (RB) . The ground segment is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).

EnMAP in a nutshell:

Size of satellite: 3.1 m × 2.0 m × 1.7 m
Launch mass of satellite: 980 kg (including 55 kg hydrazine)
Launcher: Falcon 9 (SpaceX)
Launch site: East Coast of USA
Launch date: 2022
Operational lifetime: > 5 years
Orbit altitude: 653 km
Repeat cycle: 27 days and 398 orbits (polar, sun-synchronous)
Local time descending node: 11:00 h ± 18 min.
Revisit: 4 days (±30° off-nadir tilt)
          27 days (±5° off-nadir tilt)
Spectral range: 420 nm - 2450 nm
Spectral sampling distance: 6.5 nm (420 nm - 1000 nm; VNIR)
                                         10 nm (900 nm - 2450 nm; SWIR)
Radiometric resolution: 14 bits
Geometric resolution: 30 m × 30 m (swath: 30 km)
                               (5000 km per day with 512 Gbit
                                on-board mass memory)
Communication: 4 Kbit/s (S-band uplink)
                       32 Kbit/s (S-band downlink)
                     320 Mbit/s (X-band downlink)

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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : EnMAP : Florida : 2022
« Reply #6 on: 08/22/2021 11:16 am »
Any chance this could be launching on a Transporter mission?

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Re: SpaceX Falcon 9 : EnMAP : Florida : 2022
« Reply #7 on: 08/22/2021 07:01 pm »
Any chance this could be launching on a Transporter mission?

It has small thrusters, and the operational altitude is a bit high for a normal Transporter deployment, so it may depend on how close to the operational orbit they're willing to accept.  I would guess they'd try for some sort of rideshare even if it isn't a Transporter mission.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : 2022
« Reply #8 on: 08/22/2021 09:35 pm »
Any chance this could be launching on a Transporter mission?

It has small thrusters, and the operational altitude is a bit high for a normal Transporter deployment, so it may depend on how close to the operational orbit they're willing to accept.  I would guess they'd try for some sort of rideshare even if it isn't a Transporter mission.

Maybe this could be a dedicated mission with a single burn to SSO and the first stage landing at LZ-1.

Plenty of performance even with the dogleg.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : 2022
« Reply #9 on: 12/22/2021 08:38 am »
Cross-post:

https://www.raumfahrer.net/ohb-hyperspektralsatellit-enmap-fit-fuer-den-orbit/
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Oberpfaffenhofen, December 17, 2021. The hyperspectral satellite EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program) has reached the next milestone and successfully completed the environmental tests at the IABG test center in Ottobrunn, Bavaria. Further functional tests at the OHB company headquarters in Bremen, where the satellite is now being prepared for departure towards the launch site, have now comprehensively confirmed the functionality of the satellite. This means that the satellite is ready for the ride into space! EnMAP is intended to provide new types of data sets on the state of the ecosystem on the land surface and its changes. In April 2022, the “environmental observer” is to set off on a Falcon 9 rocket from SpaceX for its sun-synchronous earth orbit at an altitude of around 650 kilometers.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : 2022
« Reply #10 on: 12/22/2021 09:06 am »
With SaRah 1?

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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : 2022
« Reply #11 on: 12/22/2021 09:15 am »
With SaRah 1?

Last time we heard, SARah 1 was launching from Vandenberg, while EnMAP is launching from the Cape. But I guess they could have moved SARah to SLC-40.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : 2022
« Reply #12 on: 12/22/2021 10:20 am »
Or Transporter-4.

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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : April 2022
« Reply #13 on: 02/02/2022 01:50 pm »
Any chance this could be launching on a Transporter mission?

It has small thrusters, and the operational altitude is a bit high for a normal Transporter deployment, so it may depend on how close to the operational orbit they're willing to accept.  I would guess they'd try for some sort of rideshare even if it isn't a Transporter mission.

Maybe this could be a dedicated mission with a single burn to SSO and the first stage landing at LZ-1.

Plenty of performance even with the dogleg.

Seems like a prime candidate for a RTLS.  Ride share would be nice, but if it doesn’t make sense there are already 3 transporter missions scheduled this year.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : April 2022
« Reply #14 on: 02/03/2022 12:48 am »
You want to know What (co-manifests, Transporter) and How (RTLS? ASDS?) but I want to know When, what time of day?
According to the website linked above, EnMap is a hyperspectral sensor picking up reflected solar radiation in the visible and short-wave Infrared spectral bands.  It probably wants to fly over land at mid morning, like high resolution imaging satellites, when the light is good but the cloud cover minimum. With Florida near middle of the distribution of land masses vs latitude, and with the orbit only slightly beyond truly polar, that puts launch maybe an hour before the complimentary point, or around 9 PM solar time. It’s not obvious whether this would change with Daylight Savings Time.
So it could launch shortly after sunset, like this week’s launch of CSG-2.
THEN I would want to know if it’s RTLS.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : April 2022
« Reply #15 on: 02/03/2022 01:17 am »
You want to know What (co-manifests, Transporter) and How (RTLS? ASDS?) but I want to know When, what time of day?
According to the website linked above, EnMap is a hyperspectral sensor picking up reflected solar radiation in the visible and short-wave Infrared spectral bands.  It probably wants to fly over land at mid morning, like high resolution imaging satellites, when the light is good but the cloud cover minimum. With Florida near middle of the distribution of land masses vs latitude, and with the orbit only slightly beyond truly polar, that puts launch maybe an hour before the complimentary point, or around 9 PM solar time. It’s not obvious whether this would change with Daylight Savings Time.
So it could launch shortly after sunset, like this week’s launch of CSG-2.

No matter what time of day the launch’ll be, the profile will be RTLS. I guarantee that.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : April 2022
« Reply #16 on: 02/03/2022 02:13 am »

No matter what time of day the launch’ll be, the profile will be RTLS. I guarantee that.

So you are guaranteeing it isn't on Transporter 4 (or 5 or 6)?

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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : April 2022
« Reply #17 on: 02/03/2022 02:39 am »

No matter what time of day the launch’ll be, the profile will be RTLS. I guarantee that.

So you are guaranteeing it isn't on Transporter 4 (or 5 or 6)?

I meant the type of Stage 1 landing that'll be chosen for whichever mission EnMAP will be featured on. All but one Transporter mission allowed Stage 1 to land at Cape Canaveral.
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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : April 2022
« Reply #18 on: 02/03/2022 03:34 pm »
DLR Press Release, 3 February 2022


EnMAP will see our Earth in more than just colour - The first German hyperspectral satellite is ready to depart from Bremen


The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) satellite, the first hyperspectral satellite developed and built in Germany, is still in a clean room in Bremen. The final tasks are being carried out and the spacecraft is on the 'home straight'. If everything goes according to plan, the new satellite will be transported to NASA's spaceport in Florida by an Ilyushin Il-76 transport aircraft at the end of February 2022. From there, EnMAP is expected to set off for its destination orbit in early April 2022 on board a SpaceX Falcon 9 launcher. The hyperspectral satellite will collect data on the state of our home planet for at least five years.

From an altitude of approximately 650 kilometres, EnMAP will keep an eye on and monitor Earth in 'more than just colour' with unique images from space. To do this, it analyses the solar radiation reflected from Earth's surface. Its high-resolution spectral images can play an important role in the fight against climate change and environmental degradation and provide valuable information for devising countermeasures. The mission is being led by the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum fuer Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Bonn on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (Bundesministerium fuer Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz; BMWK).

"Germany is a world leader in Earth observation – this has been proven once again today. Thanks to EnMAP's innovative hyperspectral sensor technology, Earth will be observed in unprecedented detail," explains Anna Christmann, a member of the Federal Parliament and Federal Government Coordinator of German Aerospace Policy. She adds: "With data from space, we can protect our planet. EnMAP will help us make global land use sustainable, highlight the consequences of climate change and counteract ongoing environmental degradation. The satellite is an excellent example of how cutting-edge space technology can be used for the benefit of humanity and the environment."

Earth is dynamic. Satellites are an important tool for monitoring and documenting climate change and other changes. Take precision farming, for example; EnMAP can help to precisely determine the nutrient and water supply of plants as well as soil properties. This can help to address the issue of global food security, but also answer questions concerning the sustainable extraction and storage of raw materials.

"EnMAP's spectrometers are based on Earth observation technologies that have been successfully developed and used in Germany for years. These allow us to see the Earth in a new perspective," emphasises Anke Kaysser-Pyzalla, Chair of the DLR Executive Board. "The data acquired by EnMAP will open up new possibilities for scientists. In particular, these include observing the global ecosystem, monitoring and searching for resources, and improving the response to humanitarian crises. The management of such demanding missions, the scientific handling of data, its processing and evaluation, as well as in mission control, demonstrate DLR's diverse and interdisciplinary capabilities as a national aerospace research centre."

Walther Pelzer, a Member of the DLR Executive Board and Head of the German Space Agency at DLR, emphasises: "EnMAP has technological, scientific and industrial policy objectives for us. It is our pioneer for hyperspectral remote sensing, a sensor technology that has so far only been used from aircraft. We are now applying this technology to an operational satellite mission for the first time. For example, we will be able to provide quantitative measurements of the composition of Earth's surface – in other words, the material composition, which can only be done with hyperspectral remote sensing. EnMAP also offers more than 220 colour channels that can achieve a resolution of 30 metres on the ground from an altitude of 650 kilometres. For comparison, a standard camera has three channels." NASA is also preparing a hyperspectral mission and is exchanging information with German experts. At the European level, this technology, developed and built in Germany, will be used on future Copernicus missions.

OHB System AG was commissioned to develop and construct the satellite and the hyperspectral instrument. "The satellite platform from Bremen and the highly complex EnMAP instrument, which was designed and manufactured at OHB's 'Optics and Science' Space Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, Bavaria, form the basis of a completely new type of global Earth observation mission. We have worked at the edge of what is technically feasible and created a powerful instrument with expertise, experience and passion. In the process, we have carried out pioneering work and expanded our expertise enormously. We will incorporate this into other satellite missions. EnMAP will provide a valuable contribution in the fight against climate change and for greater environmental protection as its data will provide clear recommendations for action to address the pressing issues of our time," adds Marco Fuchs, CEO of OHB SE.

EnMAP was developed as a scientific mission and therefore primarily provides data to scientists and developers from research and industry. Standard areas of application are forestry and agriculture, geology and soils, as well as water management and pollution monitoring. The areas of atmospheric and greenhouse gas research have also expressed great interest in the EnMAP data. The range of applications for the data is very broad. "The launch of this satellite marks a milestone in the history of the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam (Deutsche GeoForschungsZentrum; GFZ)," says the Director of the GFZ Geodesy Department, Harald Schuh. "Our colleagues have been working together with the international EnMAP Science Advisory Group on the mission's research programme for many years." The Potsdam team is also coordinating the extensive EnMAP-PI project for scientific utilisation, preparation and support. This is being carried out jointly with Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the University of Greifswald, the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research in Bremerhaven and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen (LMU Munich).

How does EnMAP work?

Every material on Earth's surface reflects sunlight in a way that is characteristic of that material, referred to as its spectral signature. EnMAP can 'read' these signatures with the help of its observation instrument. To avoid confusing one signature with that of another substance, these signatures must be sampled with high precision. This is done with the help of multi-channel images (referred to as hyperspectral images). Using special evaluation processes, the materials and composition of different land surfaces, natural as well as urban, can then be identified and quantified. As an example, it can be used to identify not only which type of crop is grown on a field, but also how well it is supplied with nutrients. Minerals in soils can also be identified and quantified, as well as algae and suspended matter in bodies of water.

EnMAP – the German environmental mission and its partners

The EnMAP environmental mission is managed by the German Space Agency at DLR in Bonn on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). OHB System AG was commissioned to develop and build the satellite and its hyperspectral instrument. The German Research Centre for Geosciences (Deutsche GeoForschungsZentrum; GFZ) in Potsdam is the scientific lead for the study.

Three DLR institutes and facilities have been commissioned to set up and operate the ground segment. The German Space Operations Center in Oberpfaffenhofen will conduct and monitor satellite operations, while the German Remote Sensing Data Center and the DLR Remote Sensing Technology Institute will archive, process and validate the received satellite data and make them accessible to users in the scientific community. Companies and public authorities will also be able to view the data and use them to prepare future services. The use of EnMAP hyperspectral data by universities and scientific institutions and the development of special applications will be supported by BMWK funding programmes.


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Re: SpaceX F9 : EnMAP : Florida : April 2022
« Reply #19 on: 02/03/2022 03:36 pm »
EnMAP factsheet

« Last Edit: 03/04/2022 06:22 pm by zubenelgenubi »
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