Three Years in Orbit: Statistics from the Ground Segment of the EnMAP Mission

Abstract

EnMAP has now been in orbit for just over three years delivering data products of a quality exceeding the expectations. There were challenges in the context of acquisition planning and data processing, especially serving the high demand over regions with many acquisition requests. The statistics presented here show the benefit of the mission from the introduction of background and foreground mission as well as the incorporation of Inuvik as an additional ground station and the implementation of back-to-back imaging. The analysis of these numbers allows to derive recommendations for data acquisition, processing and distribution striving at an even better utilization of the mission.