CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
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Full Name
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Four Spacecraft Constellation in Concert with SOHO
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Status
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Operational (extended)
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Mission Agencies
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ESA
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Launch Date
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06 Apr 1996
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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Sep 2024
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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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Highly elliptical
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Orbit Period
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3420 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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90 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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19000 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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2023-05-03T11:02:04.294+0100
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Repeat Cycle
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0 days
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Objectives and Applications
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to study the physical processes involved in the interaction between the solar wind and the magnetosphere by visiting key regions like the polar cusps and the magnetotail (mapping in three dimensions the plasma structures contained in these regions).
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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