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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- DWSS
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Full Name
Defense Weather Satellite System
Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
USAF
Launch Date
Mission Links
EOL Date
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
Orbit Type
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications
Originally scheduled for launch 2018, replaced with the Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M)
Mission Measurements
Category
Parameter
Instrument(s)
Atmosphere
Aerosols
VIIRS
Atmospheric Winds
VIIRS
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature
VIIRS
Cloud particle properties and profile
VIIRS
Radiation budget
VIIRS
Atmospheric Temperature Fields
VIIRS
Gravity and Magnetic Fields
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements
SEM-N
Land
Albedo and reflectance
VIIRS
Soil moisture
VIIRS
Vegetation
VIIRS
Surface temperature (land)
VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (land)
VIIRS
Ocean
Ocean colour/biology
VIIRS
Surface temperature (ocean)
VIIRS
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)
VIIRS
Snow & Ice
Snow cover, edge and depth
VIIRS
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness
VIIRS
Mission Instruments
SEM-N - Space Environment Monitor - NPOESS
VIIRS - Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite
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