Meteor-3 N5 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Currently limited operation (only MR-900B instrument is working). Hydrometeorology, climatology, land surface, physical oceanography, heliogeophysics, data collection.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Meteor-3 N5
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
15 Aug 1991
Mission Links
EOL Date
31 Dec 2002
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Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
109 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
82.5 deg
Orbit Altitude
1200 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

174-K - Temperature and Humidity Profiler
BUFS-2 - Backscatter spectrometer/2
Chaika - Scanning IR radiometer
MR-2000M1 - Scanning visible radiometer
MR-900B - Scanning visual band telephotometer
RMK-2 - Radiation Measurement Complex
SFM-2 - UV limb spectrometer
TOMS - Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields 174-K
Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature MR-2000M1
Cloud particle properties and profile MR-2000M1
Ozone 174-K, SFM-2, TOMS
Trace gases (excluding ozone) TOMS
Atmospheric Temperature Fields 174-K
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth MR-2000M1, MR-900B
Sea ice cover, edge and thickness MR-2000M1, MR-900B

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