Objectives and Applications
FORUM mission will measure, for the first time, the distribution of Earth’s outgoing longwave radiation across the infrared spectrum, encompassing the far-infrared. Its data will be used to evaluate the role that this radiation plays in shaping our climate, essential to understanding how the climate system works, monitoring how it is changing, predicting the future, and providing evidence for policy and action.
Full Name
Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
Aug 2027
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2032
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101.4 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.7 deg
Orbit Altitude
830 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
9:30
Repeat Cycle
29 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
FEI - FORUM Embedded Imager |
| Fourier Transform Spectrometer - Fourier Transform Spectrometer |
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