CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- STSat-1
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Full Name
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Science and Technology Satellite-1
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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SI
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Launch Date
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27 Sep 2003
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Mission Links
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EOL Date
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15 Oct 2005
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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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98.5 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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98.2 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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686 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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The objective is to develop and test a minisatellite bus, along with a new star sensor in a three-axis attitude control subsystem, to demonstrate the performance of new science instruments, and to deploy a newly developed DCS (Data Collection System).
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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.
No FedEO OpenSearch datasets found.
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