CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GEOTAIL
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Full Name
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GEOTAIL
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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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24 Jul 1992
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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28 Nov 2022
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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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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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7.5 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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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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GEOTAIL is a collaborative mission of Japan and the USA, of the agencies JAXA/ISAS (Institute of Space and Astronautical Science), and NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), respectively, within the program ISTP (International Solar-Terrestrial Physics). The spacecraft was built and integrated by ISAS, the launch was provided by NASA/GSFC. Responsibilities are shared in science instruments, telemetry data acquisition, and data processing and archiving. GEOTAIL inaugurates the Collaborative Solar-Terrestrial Research Program (COSTR). COSTR defines the NASA contributions to the GEOTAIL, SOHO, and Cluster missions.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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