CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Sentinel ROSE-L A
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Full Name
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Radar Observing System for Europe in L-band A aka ROSE-L A
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Status
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Approved
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Mission Agencies
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ESA, COM
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Launch Date
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Sep 2029
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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Mar 2037
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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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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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98.74 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Ascending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.19 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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693 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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18:00 (at AN ± 1min)
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Repeat Cycle
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12 days
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Objectives and Applications
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ROSE-L will provide day-and-night monitoring of land, oceans and ice offering more frequent imaging at high spatial resolution and sensitivity, to monitor soil moisture, precision farming, food security, forest biomass and changes to land use. In addition, the mission will monitor polar ice sheets and ice caps, sea ice extent, and snow cover.
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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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