CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- COPPER
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Full Name
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COPPER (Close Orbiting Propellant Plume and Element Recognition) CubeSat
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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NASA
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Launch Date
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20 Nov 2013
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Mission Links
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EOL Date
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01 Mar 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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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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40.5 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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500 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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to study the use of a microbolometer array in LEO (Low Earth Orbit) for taking infrared images of propulsion system plumes as well as Earth's atmospheric and oceanic conditions.
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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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