The involvement of Matra Marconi Space in Earth observation from space is summarized. Involvement of the company on the SPOT, Helios, Meteosat and ERS programs is discussed. Atmos and Globsat mission concepts are outlined. The instruments aboard Globsat are described as is the total payload mass. A diagram of the general configuration of Globsat is presented. A general architecture for the Atmos, Globsat, ERS, SPOT network is shown in diagrammatic form. Ways to achieve cost savings and improvement in quality are suggested.


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    Title :

    Matra Marconi Space and the Earth's Environment Monitoring Systems


    Contributors:
    C. Goumy (author)

    Publication date :

    1991


    Size :

    3 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English




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