Meteor-3 N5 Mission

Identifiermeteor-3-n5NamesMeteor-3 N5 About identifiers
SeriesMeteormeteor

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
ROSHYDROMET, ROSKOSMOS
Launch Date
15 Aug 1991
Mission Links
mission site
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 #
21655
International Designator
1991-056A

Mission Instruments

174-K - Temperature and Humidity Profiler meteor-3-n5_174-k
BUFS-2 - Backscatter spectrometer/2 meteor-3-n5_bufs-2
Chaika - Scanning IR radiometer meteor-3-n5_chaika
MR-2000M1 - Scanning visible radiometer meteor-3-n5_mr-2000m1
MR-900B - Scanning visual band telephotometer meteor-3-n5_mr-900b
RMK-2 - Radiation Measurement Complex meteor-3-n5_rmk-2
SFM-2 - UV limb spectrometer meteor-3-n5_sfm-2
TOMS - Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer meteor-3-n5_toms

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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