Scarab

The implementation of a number of international projects for remote Earth sensing from space (Scarab), space materials science (Foton) and communications and navigation (SESAT and COSPAS SARSAT).

Work has begun on producing two instruments for the European ENVISAT 1 mission. DORIS, already on SPOT 2, 3 and 4, and TOPEX POSEIDON will consolidate our precision orbitography studies, while SCARAB will be used to continue the radiation budget observations started on the Russian Meteor series satellites.