CICERO-2 Mission

Objectives and Applications

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.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Community Initiative for Continuing Earth Radio Occultation 2
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
GeoOptics
Launch Date
14 Jul 2017
Mission Links
EOL Date
14 Jul 2017
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Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
97.61 deg
Orbit Altitude
602 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
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Mission Measurements

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