CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- MATS
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Full Name
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Mesospheric Airglow/Aerosol Tomography and Spectroscopy
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Status
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Operational (nominal)
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Mission Agencies
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SNSA
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Launch Date
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04 Nov 2022
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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Nov 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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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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96.5 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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97.7 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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585 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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2023-05-03T11:26:55.437+0100
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Repeat Cycle
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0 days
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Objectives and Applications
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MATS is a microsatellite mission of Sweden with the goal to conduct optical studies of mesospheric gases for two years. The mission will implement spaceborne limb imaging in combination with tomographic retrieval opens exciting new ways of probing horizontal and vertical structures in the 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.
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