Mission elements

The project management for the EnMAP mission is under the responsibility of the Space Administration of the German Aerospace Center (DLR). The German Research Centre for Geosciences (Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum; GFZ) in Potsdam is the scientific lead for the project. The Kayser-Threde GmbH is responsible for the development, production, and launch of the satellite. The establishment and five-year operation of the ground segment is performed by the DLR entities Earth Observation Center (EOC) and German Space Operations Center (GSOC).

 The satellite’s hyperspectral imager is established by Kayser-Threde GmbH and the satellite’s bus by Orbitale Hochtechnologie Bremen-System AG (OHB System). The data reception, data processing including quality control, data archiving, calibration, as well as providing a web-interface to the EnMAP user community is established by EOC and controlling and commanding the satellite by GSOC.