CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- ERS-2
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Full Name
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European Remote Sensing satellite - 2
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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ESA
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Launch Date
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21 Apr 1995
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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04 Jul 2011
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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23560 (TLE)
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International Designator
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1995-021A
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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100.5 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Descending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.52 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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782 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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10:30
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Repeat Cycle
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35 days
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Objectives and Applications
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Earth resources plus physical oceanography, ice and snow, land surface, meteorology, geodesy/gravity, environmental monitoring, atmospheric chemistry.
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Mission Measurements
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| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | ATSR-2 |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | ATSR/M, GOME, MWR, RA |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | ATSR-2, GOME |
| Ozone | GOME |
| Radiation budget | ATSR-2, GOME |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | GOME |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | RA |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | ATSR-2 |
| Landscape topography | AMI/SAR/Image, RA |
| Soil moisture | AMI/SAR/Image, AMI/Scatterometer |
| Vegetation | AMI/SAR/Image, AMI/Scatterometer, ATSR-2 |
| Surface temperature (land) | ATSR-2 |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | AMI/SAR/Image, ATSR-2 |
| Ocean | Ocean topography/currents | AMI/SAR/Image, RA |
| Ocean surface winds | AMI/SAR/Wave, AMI/Scatterometer, RA |
| Surface temperature (ocean) | ATSR-2 |
| Ocean wave height and spectrum | AMI/SAR/Image, AMI/SAR/Wave, RA |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | AMI/SAR/Image, ATSR-2 |
| Snow & Ice | Ice sheet topography | AMI/SAR/Image, RA |
| Snow cover, edge and depth | AMI/SAR/Image |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | AMI/SAR/Image, AMI/Scatterometer, RA |
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Mission Instruments
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