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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - Argos -
Full Name Argos Status No longer operational
Instrument Agencies NOAA Maturity
Instrument Type In situ Geometry
Instrument Technology Data collection system Sampling
Data Access Data Format
Measurements and Applications Data collection from in-situ Data Collection Platforms, with location capability.Transponder of messages from self-timed Data Collection Platforms, and location of the platform. Operational on the 4th generation of NOAA Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES), from TIROS-N to NOAA-14
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TIROS N - Television Infrared Observation Satellite (1978 - 1981)
NOAA-6 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 6 (1979 - 1987)
NOAA-7 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 7 (1981 - 1986)
NOAA-8 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 8 (1983 - 1985)
NOAA-9 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 9 (1984 - 1998)
NOAA-10 - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration - 10 (1986 - 2001)
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