NPOESS-3 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Meteorological, climatic, terrestrial, oceanographic, and solar-geophysical applications; global and regional environmental monitoring, search and rescue, data collection.

Mission Summary

Full Name
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 3
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
31 Jan 2018
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Jan 2025
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.75 deg
Orbit Altitude
833 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
17:30
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

A-DCS4 - A-DCS4
ATMS - Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
CrIS - Cross-track Infrared Sounder
OMPS - Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
SARSAT - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
SEM-N - Space Environment Monitor - NPOESS
VIIRS - Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols 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 VIIRS
Trace gases (excluding ozone) CrIS
Atmospheric Temperature Fields ATMS, CrIS, VIIRS
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements SEM-N
LandAlbedo and reflectance VIIRS
Soil moisture VIIRS
Vegetation VIIRS
Surface temperature (land) ATMS, VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (land) VIIRS
OceanOcean colour/biology VIIRS
Ocean surface winds ATMS
Surface temperature (ocean) VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) VIIRS
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth VIIRS
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness ATMS, VIIRS

OpenSearch Datasets

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