About the EnMAP mission
The EnMAP (Environmental Mapping and Analysis Program) environmental mission is conducted by the German Space Agency at the German Aerospace Center (Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt; DLR) in Bonn on behalf of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK). OHB-System AG was commissioned with the development and construction of the satellite and the hyperspectral instrument. The mission is under the scientific leadership of the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ). Three DLR institutes and facilities have been commissioned with the construction and operation of the ground segment: The German Space Operations Center in Oberpfaffenhofen carries out and monitors satellite operations. The German Remote Sensing Data Center and the Remote Sensing Technology Institute receive, calibrate and process and archive the satellite data and make them available for academic research.