Meteor-3M Satellite Mission Summary

Meteor-3M Mission

Identifiermeteor-3mNamesMeteor-3MAliasesmeteor-3m-n1 About identifiers

SeriesMeteormeteor

Objectives and Applications

Hydrometeorology, climatology, land surface, physical oceanography, heliogeophysics and space environment, data collection, sounding of the atmosphere, agriculture.

Mission Summary

Full Name

Meteor-3M
aka Meteor-3M N1

Mission Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

ROSHYDROMET, ROSKOSMOS

Launch Date

10 Dec 2001

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

06 Mar 2006

EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

105.3 minutes

Orbit Sense

Ascending

Orbit Inclination

99.6 deg

Orbit Altitude

1024 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

NORAD Catalog #

27001

International Designator

2001-056A

Mission Instruments

BRK - On board retransmission complex meteor-3m_brk

DCS - Data Collection System meteor-3m_dcs-meteor

IKFS-2 - IR-Fourier spectrometer meteor-3m_ikfs-2

KGI-4C - Module for Geophysical Measurements meteor-3m_kgi-4c

Klimat - Scanning IR radiometer meteor-3m_klimat

KMSS - Multispectral Imager (VIS) system meteor-3m_kmss

MIVZA - Microwave scanning radiometer meteor-3m_mivza

MR-2000M1 - Scanning visible radiometer meteor-3m_mr-2000m1

MSGI-5EI - Multichannel System for Geoactive Emission Measurements meteor-3m_msgi-5ei

MSTE-5E - Multichannel system of geoactive measurements meteor-3m_mste-5e

MSU-E - Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner meteor-3m_msu-e

MSU-MR - Low-resolution multispectral scanning imager-radiometer meteor-3m_msu-mr

MSU-SM - Multi-Spectral Medium Resolution Scanning System meteor-3m_msu-sm

MTVZA-GY - Scanning microwave imager-sounder meteor-3m_mtvza-gy

SAGE III - Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment-III meteor-3m_sage-iii-meteor-3m

SAR - Synthetic Aperture Radar X band meteor-3m_sar

SFM-2 - UV limb spectrometer meteor-3m_sfm-2

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	MSU-MR, SAGE III
	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	IKFS-2, MIVZA, MTVZA-GY, SAGE III
	Atmospheric Winds	SAR
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	IKFS-2, Klimat, KMSS, MIVZA, MR-2000M1, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY, SAGE III
	Cloud particle properties and profile	IKFS-2, MR-2000M1, MTVZA-GY
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	MIVZA, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY
	Ozone	IKFS-2, SAGE III, SFM-2
	Radiation budget	MSU-MR
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	IKFS-2, SAGE III
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	IKFS-2, MTVZA-GY, SAGE III
Land	Albedo and reflectance	KMSS, MSU-E, MSU-MR, MSU-SM
	Vegetation	MSU-MR, MSU-SM, SAR
	Surface temperature (land)	IKFS-2, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	KMSS, MSU-E, MSU-MR, MSU-SM
Ocean	Ocean surface winds	MTVZA-GY
	Surface temperature (ocean)	IKFS-2, Klimat, MIVZA, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY
	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	MSU-MR, MSU-SM
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	Klimat, KMSS, MIVZA, MR-2000M1, MSU-MR
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	Klimat, KMSS, MIVZA, MR-2000M1, MSU-MR, MTVZA-GY, SAR