CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- DANDE
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Full Name
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Drag and Atmospheric Neutral Density Explorer
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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CU Boulder
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Launch Date
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29 Sep 2013
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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09 Jan 2014
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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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Highly elliptical
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Orbit Period
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103 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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80 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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1500 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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The goal of the DANDE mission is to provide an improved understanding of the satellite drag environment in the lower-thermosphere at low-cost.
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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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