THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION SUMMARY

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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - C/NOFS -

Full Name

Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast System

Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

DoD (USA)

Launch Date

16 Apr 2008

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

28 Nov 2015

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Highly elliptical

Orbit Period

97.3 minutes

Orbit Sense

Orbit Inclination

13 deg

Orbit Altitude

800 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

C/NOFS (Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast System) was a collaborative demonstational mission with the objective to forecast the presence of ionospheric irregularities in Earth's equitorial region that adversely impact satellite communication and navigation systems. The satellite was launched in April 2008 and the mission was completed in November 2015.

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