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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Meteosat-5
-
Full Name
Meteosat-5
Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
EUMETSAT
,
ESA
Launch Date
02 Mar 1991
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
26 Apr 2007
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
21140
(
TLE
)
International Designator
1991-015B
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
-63 deg
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications
Meteorology, climatology, atmospheric dynamics/water and energy cycles. Meteosat 1-7 are first generation. Meteosat 8-11 are second generation and known as MSG in the development phase.
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Atmospheric Humidity Fields
MVIRI
Atmospheric Winds
MVIRI
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
MVIRI
Liquid water and precipitation rate
MVIRI
Ocean
Surface temperature (ocean)
MVIRI
Mission Instruments
Meteosat Comms - Communications package for Meteosat
MVIRI - METEOSAT Visible and Infra-Red Imager
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CERES GEO Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Daytime Edition3A
CERES MODIS and GEO Cloud Retrievals in ISCCP-D2like Format Daytime Edition3A
FIRE_AX_CMS_LWFLUX
FIRE_AX_CMS_SOLAR_HR
FIRE_AX_CMS_SOLAR_WK
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Centre M ...
First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Centre M ...
Global radiation at the Earth-surface derived from METEOSAT-data (DWD-Archive) from 1994 on.
GOES-8 and Meteosat-5 Infrared Satellite Images of South America (INPE/CPTEC)
Indian Ocean Experiment (INDOEX) Data (U.S.) at UCAR/JOSS/NOAA/CODIAC
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