SSR-2 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Earth resources, environmental monitoring, land surface.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Remote Sensing Satellite 2
Mission Status
N/A
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
01 Dec 2012
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Dec 2015
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
103 minutes
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
0 deg
Orbit Altitude
905 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
16 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

AWFI - Advanced Wide Field Imager
L-band SAR - L-band SAR

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandAlbedo and reflectance AWFI, L-band SAR
Landscape topography L-band SAR
Vegetation AWFI, L-band SAR
Multi-purpose imagery (land) AWFI, L-band SAR
OceanOcean topography/currents L-band SAR
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) L-band SAR
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth L-band SAR
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness L-band SAR

OpenSearch Datasets

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