CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations
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Status
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Operational (extended)
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Mission Agencies
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NASA , CNES
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Launch Date
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28 Apr 2006
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Mission Links
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mission site | data access portal
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EOL Date
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Sep 2023
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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29108 (TLE)
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International Designator
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2006-016B
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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98.3 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Ascending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.2 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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685 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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3-year nominal mission life, currently in extended operations. Measurements of aerosol and cloud properties for climate predictions, using a 3 channel lidar and passive instruments in formation with CloudSat for coincident observations of radiative fluxes and atmospheric state.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 87  )
CALIPSO IIR Lidar Level 3 Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) Cloud, Standard V1-00
CALIPSO Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR) Level 1B Radiance, Standard V2-00
CALIPSO Imaging Infrared Radiometer (IIR) Level 1B Radiance, Standard V2-01
CALIPSO Imaging Infrared Radiometer Level 1B Radiance data, Provisional V1-13
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Swath, V4-20
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Swath, V4-21
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Swath, V4-51
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Track, V4-20
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Track, V4-21
CALIPSO Infrared Imaging Radiometer (IIR) Level 2 Track, V4-51
Selected FedEO OpenSearch Results (view all 7 results: browser , table )
CPR Cloud Properties DARDAR-CLOUD L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
IIR Cloud Properties L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
CALIOP Aerosol Properties SODA L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
CALIOP Aerosol Properties SODA L3 (daily). CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
IIR Cloud Properties L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
CPR Cloud Properties DARDAR-CLOUD L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
IIR Cloud Properties L2. CLIMATE APPLICATIONS:
Want to explore more? Read about FedEO by ESA or click here to search FedEO or CMR OpenSearch by NASA
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