CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- RAVAN
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Full Name
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Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes
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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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11 Nov 2016
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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11 Nov 2021
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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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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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97 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Descending
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Orbit Inclination
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98 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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617 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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3 days
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Objectives and Applications
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RAVAN (Radiometer Assessment using Vertically Aligned Nanotubes) Pathfinder Mission was an 3U CubeSat mission with the objective to demonstrate a compact, low cost and accurate radiometer. The satellite was flown within NASA's inVEST (In-Space Validation of Earth Science Technologies) program with support by NASA's ESTO (Earth Science Technology Office), and launched in November 2016. The satellite measured Earth's radiative diurnal cycle and absolute energy imbalance to climate accuracies during its operational lifetime of 20 months.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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