CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- COMPASS-1
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Full Name
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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FH Aachen
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Launch Date
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28 Apr 2008
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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01 Mar 2012
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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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97.4 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Descending
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Orbit Inclination
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97.94 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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635 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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A remote sensing demonstration satellite for a team of students of an astronautical engineering course to gain experience on all aspects of spacecraft system engineering and operations and apply their learnings. Also involved faculty members
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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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