MIOSAT Mission

Objectives and Applications

Land surface, agriculture and forestry, regional geology, land use studies, water resources, vegetation studies, coastal studies and soils and main atmospheric gases detection.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Piccola MIssione Ottica basata su microSATellite
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
ASI
Launch Date
01 Jun 2014
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Jun 2016
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
97 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
97.9 deg
Orbit Altitude
615 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:30
Repeat Cycle
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International Designator

Mission Instruments

ALISEO - SAGNAC imaging spectrometer
Mach-Zehnder Micro-interferometer - Mach-Zehnder Micro-interferometer
PAN CAM - Panchromatic Camera

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols ALISEO
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature Mach-Zehnder Micro-interferometer
Trace gases (excluding ozone) Mach-Zehnder Micro-interferometer
LandAlbedo and reflectance ALISEO
Vegetation ALISEO, PAN CAM
Multi-purpose imagery (land) ALISEO

OpenSearch Datasets

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