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The camera provides images at a resolution of 5 m, with a field of view of 27 km, and the orbit of the satellite was chosen to allow us to revisit of each observed site with constant angles every second day. In November 2020, VEN\u03bcS ended the first phase of its mission. This phase, called VM01, allowed us to provide about 150 accurate time series over selected scientific sites over almost three years. Extensive work was conducted to calibrate the camera and assess the quality of the products. Not everything worked as planned before launch and a large amount of work was necessary to correct some defects of the camera or to improve the geometric registration of images. This article establishes the image quality VM01 final assessment including the presentation of radiometric and geometric calibration methods, the estimation of instrument performances and their associated temporal stabilities and the monitoring activities. 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The end of VM01 phase is not the end of the VEN\u03bcS mission, and a new phase started on a one-day repeat orbit.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/rs14143281","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,7]],"date-time":"2022-07-07T22:11:47Z","timestamp":1657231907000},"page":"3281","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["VEN\u03bcS: Mission Characteristics, Final Evaluation of the First Phase and Data Production"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"14","author":[{"given":"Arthur","family":"Dick","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France"}]},{"given":"Jean-Louis","family":"Raynaud","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France"}]},{"given":"Amandine","family":"Rolland","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Thales Services, 209, All\u00e9e du Lac, 31670 Lab\u00e8ge, France"}]},{"given":"Sophie","family":"Pelou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France"}]},{"given":"Sophie","family":"Coustance","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France"}]},{"given":"G\u00e9rard","family":"Dedieu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France"},{"name":"Centre d\u2019Etudes Spatiales de la Biosph\u00e8re, CESBIO Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse-CNES-CNRS-INRAE-IRD, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2358-0493","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Olivier","family":"Hagolle","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France"},{"name":"Centre d\u2019Etudes Spatiales de la Biosph\u00e8re, CESBIO Universit\u00e9 de Toulouse-CNES-CNRS-INRAE-IRD, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France"}]},{"given":"Jean-Pascal","family":"Burochin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Magellium Toulouse, 1 Rue Ariane, 31520 Ramonville-Saint-Agne, France"}]},{"given":"Renaud","family":"Binet","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France"}]},{"given":"Agathe","family":"Moreau","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centre National d\u2019Etudes Spatiales (CNES), 18 Avenue Edouard Belin, CEDEX 9, 31401 Toulouse, France"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2022,7,7]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"1364","DOI":"10.1364\/AO.22.001364","article-title":"Dynamics of directional reflectance factor distributions for vegetation canopies","volume":"22","author":"Kimes","year":"1983","journal-title":"Appl. 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