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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- NPOESS-1
-
Full Name
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 1
Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
NOAA
Launch Date
31 Jan 2013
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
01 Jan 2020
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
13:30
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
OMPS
,
VIIRS
Atmospheric Humidity Fields
ATMS
,
CrIS
Atmospheric Winds
VIIRS
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
VIIRS
Cloud particle properties and profile
ATMS
,
VIIRS
Liquid water and precipitation rate
ATMS
Ozone
OMPS
Radiation budget
CERES
,
TSIS-1/SIM
,
VIIRS
Trace gases (excluding ozone)
CrIS
Atmospheric Temperature Fields
ATMS
,
CrIS
,
VIIRS
Gravity and Magnetic Fields
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements
SEM-N
Land
Albedo and reflectance
VIIRS
Soil moisture
VIIRS
Vegetation
VIIRS
Surface temperature (land)
ATMS
,
VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
VIIRS
Ocean
Ocean colour/biology
VIIRS
Ocean surface winds
ATMS
Surface temperature (ocean)
VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
VIIRS
Snow & Ice
Snow cover, edge and depth
VIIRS
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness
ATMS
,
VIIRS
Mission Instruments
A-DCS4 - A-DCS4
ATMS - Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
CERES - Cloud and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
CrIS - Cross-track Infrared Sounder
OMPS - Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
SARSAT - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
SEM-N - Space Environment Monitor - NPOESS
TSIS-1/SIM - Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Sensor 1 - Spectral Irradiance Monitor
VIIRS - Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
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