CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- CICERO-6
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Full Name
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Community Initiative for Continuing Earth Radio Occultation 6
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Status
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Operational (extended)
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Mission Agencies
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GeoOptics
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Launch Date
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23 Jun 2017
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Mission Links
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EOL Date
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Dec 2024
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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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97.44 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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504 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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09:30
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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CICERO satellites host CION instruments (CICERO Instrument for GNSS-RO) which perform GNSS-RO by sensing radio signals broadcast by GNSS satellites (GPS and Galileo) and measuring the phase delay due to refraction during occultation. Second-generation CICERO-2 satellites (two launched in 2022) carry an improved CION instrument, CION-2, which measures reflected signals from the sea surface and has a polarimetric capability, in addition to GNSS-RO. CION and CION-2 data produce high-accuracy profiles of atmospheric pressure, temperature, and moisture; 3D maps of the electron distribution in the ionosphere; and information on ocean and ice properties.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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