![]() The Earthnet programme is user driven and acts as such as an early anchor customer for these (European) NewSpace missions.ĮSA: What are the challenges of managing such a vast Programme? In view of industrial policy and commercialisation, in particular focus is given to European commercial data providers, with special attention to New Space companies within Europe, which provide valuable EO data of interest to the scientific user community for research and/or (pre-)operational purposes. 10,000 research projects have used TPM data since 2008, with almost 1,000 new registered TPM users in the last 12 months.Īs mission manger, I regularly report to ESA’s Member States on the progress of each approved ESA TPM and propose new missions to be added to the programme, based on different criteria and on user needs. The Earthnet TPM activity continues to be highly appreciated by scientists and applications developers. Peggy: This role entails the management of ESA’s Third Party mission portfolio, including over 50 TPMs, ensuring a continuous evolution and innovation of the data offer, for the benefits of ESA’s Earth Observation programmatic activities and for the European and world-wide science community.ĮSA’s TPM data offer includes optical and SAR data at Very High Resolution, atmospheric composition data and more. ![]() Indeed the European Space Agency had seemed to me since my early days of academic studies the greatest place to work for-and in the end it worked out.ĮSA: What does your role as Mission Manager of ESA Third Party Missions entail? Whilst working for a UK-based space related company, I learned about the YGT opportunities at ESA and applied for it. ![]() After my Master’s degree in Germany, I decided to dive deeper into the field of Earth Observation and I moved to London and engaged in a Master’s of Science in Remote Sensing, at the University College London.Īt UCL I learned a great deal about Remote Sensing technologies and sensors, Digital Image Processing and Spatial Data Handling, EO applications and more.Īfter my studies, it was crystal clear for me that I wanted to work in the Space industry, in the area of Earth Observation. The subject that excited me the most was Remote Sensing, which led me also to complete the thesis of my Master’s of Engineering studies with a theme that combined the field of Cartography with Remote Sensing capabilities. Peggy: My passion for Earth observation started during my studies at the Dresden University of Applied Sciences, where I studied Cartography. During her work in the EO Mission Management and Ground Segment Department at ESRIN, Peggy led many Earth Explorer, ERS/Envisat and Third Party Mission ground segment project teams and was the Manager of the ground segment for ESA’s Aeolus mission.ĮSA: How did your studies shape your job choices? She arrived at ESA as a Young Graduate Trainee in 2003. Peggy is working for the European Space Agency and she is based in Frascati, Italy.īorn in Chemnitz, Germany, Peggy holds a Master’s of Science degree in Remote Sensing from the University College London and a Master’s of Engineering degree in Cartography, from the Dresden University of Applied Sciences. Her role also entails the management of the Copernicus Contributing Missions Activity, as part of the Copernicus programme, on behalf of the European Commission. Peggy Fischer is the Manager of the Earthnet TPM Programme and the Mission Manager of ESA Third Party Missions (TPMs).
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