CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- GOLD
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Full Name
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Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk
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Status
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Operational (nominal)
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Mission Agencies
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NASA
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Launch Date
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25 Jan 2018
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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Jan 2033
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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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Geostationary
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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N/A
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Orbit Inclination
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Orbit Altitude
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35786 km
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Orbit Longitude
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-47.5 deg
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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The GOLD project is a mission of opportunity and part of NASA’s Explorer Program, designed to provide frequent, low-cost access to space for heliophysics and astrophysics missions with small to mid-sized spacecraft.
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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.
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