CEOS EO HANDBOOK – INSTRUMENT SUMMARY - SSUSI -
Full Name Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager Status Operational
Instrument Agencies NOAA Maturity High Heritage - Operational
Instrument Type Space environment Geometry
Instrument Technology Space environment monitor Sampling Other
Data Access Open Access Data Format Binary, NetCDF
Measurements and Applications Monitors the composition and structure of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere, as well as auroral energetic particle inputs, with spectrographic imaging and photometry.
Resolution Summary
Swath Summary
Accuracy Summary
Waveband Summary
 
Instrument Measurements
Measurements Overview
CategoryParameter
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurementsAuroral Emissions
Instrument Missions
DMSP F-16 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-16 (2003 - 2023)
DMSP F-17 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-17 (2006 - 2025)
DMSP F-18 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-18 (2009 - 2025)
DMSP F-19 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-19 (2014 - 2016)
DMSP F-20 - Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-20 (2020 - 2025)