FORUM Mission

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.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Far-infrared Outgoing Radiation Understanding and Monitoring
Mission Status
Approved
Mission Agencies
ESA
Launch Date
Aug 2027
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
Dec 2032
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

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

Mission Instruments

FEI - FORUM Embedded Imager
Fourier Transform Spectrometer - Fourier Transform Spectrometer

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereCloud type, amount and cloud top temperature Fourier Transform Spectrometer
Cloud particle properties and profile Fourier Transform Spectrometer
Radiation budget FEI, Fourier Transform Spectrometer

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