CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- QuakeSat
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Full Name
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QuakeSat
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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SESS
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Launch Date
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30 Jun 2003
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Mission Links
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EOL Date
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31 Dec 2004
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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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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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98.73 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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820 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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18:00
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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QuakeSat's primary scientific mission is to detect, record, and downlink ELF (Extremely Low Frequency) magnetic signal data, which may lead to groundbreaking techniques to predict earthquake activity
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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.
No FedEO OpenSearch datasets found.
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