ASTER Ground Data System (ASTER GDS) is a facility which is responsible for the ASTER Mission Operation and the data processing, archive and distribution of ASTER data, with the cooperation of NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration). ASTER data will be available from 1998 when ASTER is launched with other sensors to be put on the EOS-AM 1, such as MODIS, MISR, ...The ASTER GDS development at ERSDAC (Earth Resources Satellite Data Analysis Center) has just started with the target to be completed by 1998. The interface with user community and NASA is an indispensable condition for the ASTER GDS development.
