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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- NPOESS-6
-
Full Name
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 4
Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
NOAA
Launch Date
09 May 2019
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
01 May 2024
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
17:30
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
VIIRS
Atmospheric Humidity Fields
CMIS
Atmospheric Winds
VIIRS
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
VIIRS
Cloud particle properties and profile
CMIS
,
VIIRS
Liquid water and precipitation rate
CMIS
Radiation budget
TSIS-1/SIM
,
VIIRS
Atmospheric Temperature Fields
CMIS
,
VIIRS
Gravity and Magnetic Fields
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements
SESS
Land
Albedo and reflectance
VIIRS
Soil moisture
CMIS
,
VIIRS
Vegetation
VIIRS
Surface temperature (land)
CMIS
,
VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
VIIRS
Ocean
Ocean colour/biology
VIIRS
Ocean surface winds
CMIS
Surface temperature (ocean)
CMIS
,
VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
VIIRS
Snow & Ice
Snow cover, edge and depth
CMIS
,
VIIRS
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness
CMIS
,
VIIRS
Mission Instruments
A-DCS4 - A-DCS4
CMIS - Conical-scanning Microwave Imager/Sounder
S&R (NOAA) - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
SARSAT - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking
SESS - Space Environmental Sensor Suite
TSIS-1/SIM - Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Sensor 1 - Spectral Irradiance Monitor
VIIRS - Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
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