Topex-Poseidon Satellite Mission Summary

Physical oceanography, geodesy/gravity.

Full Name

Topographic Experiment/Poseidon

Mission Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

NASA , CNES

Launch Date

10 Aug 1992

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

18 Jan 2006

EO Portal Info

Orbit Type

Inclined, non-sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

112.4 minutes

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

66 deg

Orbit Altitude

1336 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

10 days

NORAD Catalog #

22076 (TLE)

International Designator

1992-052A

DORIS - Doppler Orbitography and Radio-positioning Integrated by Satellite

LRA - Laser Retroreflector Array

POSEIDON-1 (SSALT-1) - Positioning Ocean Solid Earth Ice Dynamics Orbiting Navigator (Single frequency solid state radar altimeter)

TMR - TOPEX Microwave Radiometer

TOPEX - TOPEX NASA Radar Altimeter

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	TMR
Gravity and Magnetic Fields	Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements	DORIS, LRA
Ocean	Ocean topography/currents	DORIS, LRA, POSEIDON-1 (SSALT-1), TMR, TOPEX
	Ocean surface winds	POSEIDON-1 (SSALT-1)
	Ocean wave height and spectrum	POSEIDON-1 (SSALT-1)

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