Well, yesterday was the tenth anniversary of the launch of "my" satellite,
ERS-2, and it is still going strong - albeit with a few busted bits and
pieces. I'm the only original science-software guy left to administer
"first-aid" on "our" instrument, the UK's Along Track Scanning Radiometer.

Since the launch I have worked on its successor, Envisat, while also
maintaining its predecessor ERS-1 whilst that was still operational (there
was a recent 18 month "loan" to Mars Express, though;-)

This continuity of data is growing in importance, and giving rise to new
opportunities for comparitive science.

See http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEM3MZW797E_index_0.html for some
examples.


Cheers,

keith



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