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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 
  
  
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Fig. 2 
  
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