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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - Arctic-M N3 -
Full Name Hydro-meteorological Satellite Arctic-M N3 Status Planned
Mission Agencies ROSKOSMOS, ROSHYDROMET Launch Date 2020
Mission Links mission site EOL Date 2024
EO Portal Info
Orbit Type Highly elliptical Orbit Period 720 minutes
Orbit Sense Ascending Orbit Inclination 63 deg
Orbit Altitude 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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