SAC-D/Aquarius Mission

Identifiersac-d-aquariusNamesSAC-D/Aquarius About identifiers
SeriesSACsac

Objectives and Applications

Earth observation studies; measurement of ocean surface salinity; atmospheric and environmental parameters.

Mission Summary

Full Name
SAC-D/Aquarius
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
CONAE, NASA
Launch Date
10 Jun 2011
Mission Links
mission site | data access portal
EOL Date
08 Jun 2015
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98 deg
Orbit Altitude
657 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
18:00
Repeat Cycle
7 days
NORAD Catalog #
37673
International Designator
2011-024A

Mission Instruments

Aquarius L-Band radiometer - Aquarius L-Band Radiometer sac-d-aquarius_aquarius-l-band-radiometer
Aquarius L-Band Scatterometer - Aquarius L-Band Scatterometer sac-d-aquarius_aquarius-l-band-scatterometer
CARMEN-1 (ICARE) - Influence of Space Radiation on Advanced Components sac-d-aquarius_carmen-1-icare
CARMEN-1 (SODAD) - Orbital System for an Active Detection of Debris sac-d-aquarius_carmen-1-sodad
DCS (SAC-D) - Data Collection System sac-d-aquarius_dcs-sac-d
HSC (SAC-D/Aquarius) - High Sensitivity Camera sac-d-aquarius_hsc-sac-d-aquarius
Lagrange - LABEN GNSS Receiver for Advanced Navigation, Geodesy and Experiments sac-d-aquarius_lagrange
MWR - MicroWave Radiometer sac-d-aquarius_mwr-sac-d-aquarius
NIRST - New Infrared Sensor Technology sac-d-aquarius_nirst
ROSA - Radio Occultation Sounder for the Atmosphere sac-d-aquarius_rosa-sac-d-aquarius
TDP - Technological Development Package sac-d-aquarius_tdp

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields MWR, ROSA
Liquid water and precipitation rate MWR
Atmospheric Temperature Fields ROSA
Lightning Detection HSC (SAC-D/Aquarius)
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements Lagrange
LandSurface temperature (land) NIRST
Multi-purpose imagery (land) NIRST
OceanOcean surface winds Aquarius L-Band Scatterometer, MWR
Surface temperature (ocean) NIRST
Ocean Salinity Aquarius L-Band radiometer
Snow & IceSea ice cover, edge and thickness HSC (SAC-D/Aquarius), MWR

OpenSearch Datasets

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