CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - NPOESS-5 -
Full Name National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4 Status Cancelled
Mission Agencies NOAA Launch Date 01 Jan 2018
Mission Links mission site EOL Date 01 Jun 2023
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 833 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
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols OMPS, VIIRS
Atmospheric Humidity Fields ATMS, CMIS, CrIS
Atmospheric Winds VIIRS
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature VIIRS
Cloud particle properties and profile ATMS, CMIS, VIIRS
Liquid water and precipitation rate ATMS, CMIS
Ozone OMPS
Radiation budget CERES, VIIRS
Trace gases (excluding ozone) CrIS
Atmospheric Temperature Fields ATMS, CMIS, CrIS, VIIRS
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements SESS
LandAlbedo and reflectance VIIRS
Soil moisture CMIS, VIIRS
Vegetation VIIRS
Surface temperature (land) ATMS, CMIS, VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (land) VIIRS
OceanOcean colour/biology VIIRS
Ocean surface winds ATMS, CMIS
Surface temperature (ocean) CMIS, VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) VIIRS
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth CMIS, VIIRS
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness ATMS, CMIS, VIIRS
Mission Instruments
A-DCS4 - A-DCS4
ATMS - Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
CERES - Cloud and the Earth's Radiant Energy System
CMIS - Conical-scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder
CrIS - Cross-track Infrared Sounder
OMPS - Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
S&R (NOAA) - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
SARSAT - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
SESS - Space Environmental Sensor Suite
VIIRS - Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
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