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THE PROGRAMME OBJECTIVES
— PREPARATION OF A EUROPEAN USER COMMUNITY AND PROMOTION OF THE
USE OF SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING DATA
— DEVELOPMENT OF THE USER COMMUNITY'S CAPABILITY TO HANDLE NEW
AND MORE SOPHISTICATED SENSORS
— AVAILABILITY OF REMOTE SENSING DATA OVER THE AREAS OF MAIN
INTEREST TO EUROPEAN USERS IN A CONTINUOUS AND RELIABLE FASHION
— INCREASE IN THE AGENCY'S KNOW-HOW IN THE FIELDS OF HIGH DATA RATE
ACQUISITION AND PREPROCESSING
— PREPARATION OF THE GROUND SEGMENT OF THE EUROPEAN RE
SENSING SATELLITE PROGRAMME NOTE
Fig. 1
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EARTHNET GROUND STATIONS COVERAGE
El FUCINO LANDSAT COVERAGE ZONE
E KIRUNA LANDSAT COVERAGE ZONE
E MASPALOMAS NIMBUS-7 COVERAGE ZONE
E MASPALOMAS LANDSAT COVERAGE ZONE
TDI LL
Fig. 2
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