CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Arctica-M N1 -
Full Name Hydro-meteorological Satellite Arctica-M N1 Status Operational (nominal)
Mission Agencies ROSKOSMOS, ROSHYDROMET Launch Date 28 Feb 2021
Mission Links mission site EOL Date Feb 2028
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 47719 (TLE)
International Designator 2021-016A
Orbit Type Highly elliptical Orbit Period
Orbit Sense Ascending Orbit Inclination 63.4 deg
Orbit Altitude 720 km Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle 1 days
Objectives and Applications Meteorology, oceanography, including ice cover monitoring, enviromental climate and disaster monitoring in the Arctic region.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields MSU-GS/VE
Atmospheric Winds MSU-GS/VE
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature MSU-GS/VE
Liquid water and precipitation rate MSU-GS/VE
Ozone MSU-GS/VE
Radiation budget MSU-GS/VE
Atmospheric Temperature Fields MSU-GS/VE
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements GGAK-VE
LandVegetation MSU-GS/VE
Surface temperature (land) MSU-GS/VE
Multi-purpose imagery (land) MSU-GS/VE
OceanSurface temperature (ocean) MSU-GS/VE
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth MSU-GS/VE
Mission Instruments
GGAK-VE - Module for Geophysical Measurements
MSU-GS/VE - Multispectral scanning imager-radiometer
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