The operation of a remote sensing spaceborne mission like EnMAP requires operating a high-precision instrument in Space, the commanding of the instrument according to user-provided parameters, the handling of a large data volume and processing these data on demand according to different processing options. All these aspects pose many challenges from the operational point of view. The EnMAP Ground Segment (GS) provides the infrastructure responsible for the operation of the mission after launch and it acts as the interface between the users and the satellite, overcoming the challenges just mentioned. In this contribution we present the up-to-date status of the EnMAP mission operations when the system has been in operation for two years, the latest updates that have been introduced in the tasking of the instrument and the plans for the future.

The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) is a German hyperspectral satellite mission designed to characterise and monitor the Earth’s environment and its changes. The EnMAP satellite was launched on April 1st, 2022 and has been in the operational phase since November of that year. This presentation provides an update on the mission status two years after launch, and on the activities of the science segment, including data quality and mission performance, new developments in open source algorithms and educational tools (EnMAP-Box, HYPERedu), current status of EnMAP's background and foreground missions, as well as selected demonstration examples of geo- and bio-EnMAP products. This reflects the scientific achievements for various cutting-edge and environmental applications that are of benefit to society today.

Spaceborne imaging spectroscopy is undergoing a rapid expansion with a new generation of missions in recent years. Following the Hyperion (2000) and HICO (2009) missions, new spaceborne imaging spectroscopy missions have recently started operating: DESIS (2018), PRISMA (2019), HISUI (2019) and more recently EnMAP (2022) and EMIT (2022). These missions face the common challenge of providing accurate spectral and radiometric results over a wide spectral range. This requires accurate instrument calibration and the validation of the results obtained. In this contribution, we provide an overview of the calibration and validation (CalVal) activities in the EnMAP mission, and we present the CalVal results that were obtained as part of the commissioning phase (April - October 2022).

The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) is a spaceborne German hyperspectral satellite mission that aims at monitoring and characterizing the Earth's environment on a global scale. The mission is now ready to start with the sensor being by end of 2021 in Flight Acceptance Review, ready to be shipped to the launch pad in early 2022. This paper presents first an update of the mission status with recent activities and developments from the space and the ground segment. Then, an update of selected highlights of the science segment activities at launch phase are presented including preparation and if possible early results for the validation of EnMAP products, updates on EnMAP science algorithms (EnMAP-Box) developed at GFZ, online education initiative (HYPERedu), and further mission support activities such as background mission.

The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) is a spaceborne German hyperspectral satellite mission that aims at monitoring and characterizing the Earth's environment on a global scale. EnMAP core themes are environmental changes, ecosystem responses to human activities, and management of natural resources. After several years delay, the instrument is finished and in the final stage of environmental characterization and assembly for a launch early 2022. This paper presents an update of the mission status and activities in the frame of the science preparation and mission support project led by the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) Potsdam. Further, this paper presents a specific focus on the planning for the independent EnMAP data product validation.

The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (EnMAP) is a spaceborne German hyperspectral satellite mission that aims at monitoring and characterizing the Earth's environment on a global scale. After several years delay due to a major design issue to meet the mission requirements, the mission is now back on track and planned for launch in 2021. This paper presents an update of the mission status with recent activities and developments from the space and the ground segment. Furthermore, a draft plan for the independent validation of EnMAP radiance and reflectance products was developed and will be introduced, along with highlights of the science preparatory activities in 2019 including airborne campaigns, algorithm consolidations, and HYPERedu education initiative.

EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program, www.enmap.org) is a German, Earth observing, imaging spectroscopy, spaceborne mission planned for launch in 2020. The data products will cover the spectral range from 420 nm to 2450 nm with a spectral sampling distance between 5 and 12 nm with an expected signal-to-noise-ratio of 400:1 in the visible near-infrared and 180:1 in the shortwave infrared parts of the electro-magnetic spectrum. The resulting images will cover an area of 30 km in the across- track direction with a ground sampling distance of 30 m. The across-track tilt-capability of 30° enables revisit times of less than four days. The resulting data products will be freely available to the scientific user community for measuring, deriving, and analyzing diagnostic parameters, which describe vital processes on the Earth's surface comprising agriculture, forestry, soil and geological environments, as well as coastal zones and inland waters. This work concentrates on the description of activities performed and facilities involved for the preparation of these products. It starts out by the description of the User Portals for observation requests and acquisition planning, touches the aspects of creating the time-lines, the commanding and controlling of the satellite, the downlink of the telemetry and payload data, the design of the processing chain and the archiving of data plus a set of activities flanking the above for the provision of high-quality data products.

The Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program (En-MAP) is an spaceborne imaging spectroscopy mission under development by a consortium of German Earth Observation research institutions. The core payload of EnMAP consists of a dual-spectrometer instrument measuring in the optical spectral range between 420 and 2450 nm with a spectral sampling distance varying between 5 and 12 nm and a reference signal-to-noise ratio of 400:1 in the visible near-infrared and 180:1 in the shortwave-infrared parts of the spectrum. EnMAP images will cover a 30 km wide area in the across-track direction with a ground sampling distance of 30 m. An across-track tilted observation capability will enable a target revisit time of up to 4 days at Equator and better at high latitudes. EnMAP will contribute to the development and exploitation of spaceborne imaging spectroscopy applications by making high-quality data freely available to scientific users worldwide. In this talk we will provide an overview of the mission status including both technical developments and preparatory activities for the implementation of the EnMAP scientific program.

The high-resolution imaging spectroscopy remote sensing mission EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program, enmap.org) will cover the spectral range from 420 nm to 2450 nm with a spectral sampling distance varying between 5 nm and 12 nm. A smile effect, which is a spectral shift across the swath, of at most 0.2 pixels is expected. The OHB System AG realizes the satellite with the hyperspectral push-broom imager and the on-board characterization equipment including a doped sphere for spectral calibration. The Earth Observation Center (EOC) of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) is responsible for the operational in-flight calibration and realizes the fully-automatic on-ground processors including methods for smile correction. A smile correction taking the spectral calibration into account as well as a simplified atmospheric compensation will be analyzed.

EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program) is a German spaceborne imaging spectrometer Earth observing mission planned for launch in 2019. This paper reflects the status of the mission with an focus to changes of the Ground Segment based on a major review conducted in 2016 and the EnMAP Data Exploitation and Application Development Program and recent activities.