Sich-1M Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Sich-1M -

Full Name

Sich-1M

Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

NSAU

Launch Date

24 Dec 2004

Mission Links

EOL Date

15 Apr 2006

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

28505 (TLE)

International Designator

2004-052A

Orbit Type

Inclined, non-sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

98 minutes

Orbit Sense

TBD

Orbit Inclination

82.5 deg

Orbit Altitude

650 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

Physical Oceanography, Hydrometeorology, Land Observation.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	RM-08
	Cloud particle properties and profile	RM-08
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	RM-08
	Radiation budget	MSU-M
Land	Albedo and reflectance	MSU-E, MSU-EU, MSU-M
	Vegetation	MSU-EU
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	MSU-E, MSU-EU, MSU-M
Ocean	Ocean topography/currents	RLSBO
	Ocean surface winds	RLSBO, RM-08
	Ocean wave height and spectrum	RLSBO
	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	MSU-M, RLSBO
Snow & Ice	Ice sheet topography	RLSBO
	Snow cover, edge and depth	RM-08
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	MSU-M, RLSBO, RM-08

Mission Instruments

MSU-E - Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner

MSU-EU - Multi-Spectral Radiometer with High Resolution

MSU-M - Multi-Spectral Low Resolution Scanning System

MTVZA-OK - Scanning microwave radiometer

RLSBO - Side looking microwave radar

RM-08 - Scanning Microwave Radiometer

Variant - variant

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