CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- Firefly
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Full Name
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Firefly
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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NASA
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Launch Date
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20 Nov 2013
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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02 Nov 2017
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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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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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40.5 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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N/A
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Orbit Inclination
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40.5 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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500 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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Firefly is a low-cost NASA/GSFC led nanosatellite mission, a collaborative effort sponsored by NSF (National Science Foundation). The overall objective is to study the relationship between lightning and TGFs (Terrestrial Gamma-ray Flashes) which are sudden (transient) energetic bursts in the upper atmosphere.
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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.
No FedEO OpenSearch datasets found.
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