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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- SAC-C
-
Full Name
Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientifico-C
Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
CONAE
Launch Date
21 Nov 2000
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
13 Aug 2013
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
26620
(
TLE
)
International Designator
2000-075B
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.2 deg
Orbit Altitude
705 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:25
Repeat Cycle
9 days
Objectives and Applications
Earth observation, studies the structure and dynamics of the Earth’s surface, atmosphere, ionosphere and geomagnetic field.
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Aerosols
MMRS
Atmospheric Humidity Fields
GOLPE
Radiation budget
ICARE
Atmospheric Temperature Fields
GOLPE
Gravity and Magnetic Fields
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements
GOLPE
,
MMP
Land
Albedo and reflectance
MMRS
Vegetation
HRTC
,
MMRS
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
HRTC
,
HSTC
,
MMRS
Ocean
Ocean colour/biology
MMRS
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
MMRS
Snow & Ice
Snow cover, edge and depth
HRTC
,
HSTC
Mission Instruments
DCS (SAC-C) - Data Collection System
GOLPE - GPS Occultation and Passive reflection Experiment
HRTC - High Resolution Panchromatic Camera
HSTC - High Sensitivity Technological Camera
ICARE - Influence of Space Radiation on Advanced Components
INES - Italian Navigation Experiment
IST - Italian Star Tracker
MMP - Magnetic Mapping Payload
MMRS - Multispectral Medium Resolution Scanner
WTE - Whale Tracker Experiment
OpenSearch Datasets
Selected IDN OpenSearch Results
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CDDIS_GNSS_satellite_data
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Algeria 3 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Algeria 5 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Dome C, Antarctica - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Dunhuang, China - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Frenchman Flat, USA - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Ivanpah Playa, USA - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - La Crau, France - Instrumented Site
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Libya 1 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
CEOS Cal Val Test Site - Mauritania 1 - Pseudo-Invariant Calibration Site (PICS)
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