Objectives and Applications
Originally scheduled for launch 2018, replaced with the Weather System Follow-on Microwave (WSF-M)
Full Name
Defense Weather Satellite System
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
USAF
Launch Date
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
SEM-N - Space Environment Monitor - NPOESS |
VIIRS - Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite |
| 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 |
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