CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Surface Water Ocean Topography
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Status
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Commissioning
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Mission Agencies
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NASA , CNES , CSA, UKSA
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Launch Date
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16 Dec 2022
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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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Nov 2025
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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54754 (TLE)
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International Designator
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2022-173A
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Orbit Type
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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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102.8 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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N/A
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Orbit Inclination
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77.6 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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891 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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21 days
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Objectives and Applications
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3 year nominal mission. Characterize ocean mesoscale and sub-mesoscale circulation at spatial resolutions = 15 km and inventory all terrestrial water bodies with surface area > 250 m2 and rivers with width > 100 m
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Mission Measurements
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| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | AMR-S |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | DORIS-NG, GPSP, LRA, POSEIDON-3C Altimeter |
| Land | Landscape topography | Ka-band Radar INterferometer (KaRIN), POSEIDON-3C Altimeter |
| Inland Waters | Ka-band Radar INterferometer (KaRIN) |
| Ocean | Ocean topography/currents | AMR-S, DORIS-NG, GPSP, Ka-band Radar INterferometer (KaRIN), LRA, POSEIDON-3C Altimeter |
| Ocean surface winds | POSEIDON-3C Altimeter |
| Ocean wave height and spectrum | POSEIDON-3C Altimeter |
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Mission Instruments
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