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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- NPOESS-2
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Full Name
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 2
Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
NOAA
Launch Date
31 Jan 2016
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
01 Jan 2022
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.75 deg
Orbit Altitude
824 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
17:30
Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications
Meteorological, climatic, terrestrial, oceanographic, and solar-geophysical applications; global and regional environmental monitoring, search and rescue, data collection.
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Aerosols
VIIRS
Atmospheric Winds
VIIRS
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
VIIRS
Cloud particle properties and profile
VIIRS
Radiation budget
VIIRS
Atmospheric Temperature Fields
VIIRS
Land
Albedo and reflectance
VIIRS
Soil moisture
VIIRS
Vegetation
VIIRS
Surface temperature (land)
VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
VIIRS
Ocean
Ocean colour/biology
VIIRS
Surface temperature (ocean)
VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
VIIRS
Snow & Ice
Snow cover, edge and depth
VIIRS
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness
VIIRS
Mission Instruments
A-DCS4 - A-DCS4
SARSAT - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
VIIRS - Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
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