CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- COSMIC-2B (Polar)
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Full Name
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COSMIC-2B (Polar)
aka FORMOSAT-7B
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Status
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Cancelled
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Mission Agencies
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NOAA , UCAR
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Launch Date
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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TBD
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Orbit Inclination
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72 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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720 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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This is a radio occultation mission supporting meteorology and ionosphere & climate measurements. The 12-satellite COSMIC-2A/2B constellation (6 equatorial and 6 polar) will produce over 4 times the daily total of occultation events as COSMIC-1 (3000 versus 12,000). This provides the capability to reconstruct the 3D ionospheric electron density structures for ionospheric space weather monitoring within a dramatically short data accumulation period. TGRS will receive signals from GPS, Galileo, and Glonass. COSMIC-2B will be a ride-share mission; the listed orbital parameters are desired and TBC. At present, the U.S. portion of the COSMIC-2B program is unfunded, and alternatives are being pursued.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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