CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- HAWCSat
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Full Name
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High-altitude Aerosols, Water vapour and Clouds sa
aka AOS-HAWCSat
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Status
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Planned
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Mission Agencies
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CSA , ECCC , NASA, UQAM, USask
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Launch Date
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2031
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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2036
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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TBD
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Orbit Inclination
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97.2 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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450 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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13:30
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Repeat Cycle
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24 days
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Objectives and Applications
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HAWC (High-altitude Aerosols, Water vapour and Clouds) is a planned Canadian mission on NASA's AOS, that will provide critical data to support extreme weather prediction, climate modelling, and monitoring of disasters, such as volcanic eruptions, wildfires and extreme precipitation. HAWC consists of three innovative Canadian instruments and a Canadian satellite that will be part of the international NASA-led Atmosphere Observing System (AOS). The data collected by HAWC and AOS will improve our ability to predict near-term weather events, long-term climatic conditions and air quality.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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