CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- MicroMAS-2
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Full Name
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Micro-sized Microwave Atmospheric Satellite-2
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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MIT
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Launch Date
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12 Jan 2018
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Mission Links
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EOL Date
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04 Aug 2023
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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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93 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Orbit Inclination
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97.55 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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550 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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MIT/LL (Massachusetts Institute of Technology/Lincoln Laboratory) followed up on its MicroMAS-1 experience by building a second MicroMAS-2, which is planned for flight on a commercial launch vehicle by late 2017. While similar in design to MicroMAS-1 (e.g., 3U CubeSat), it contains more channels, by way of an additional miniaturized receiver, to provide more accurate temperature and moisture information. MicroMAS-2 also contains a slightly larger solar array in order to generate approximately 3 W of power for the payload, or about 60 percent more power than MicroMAS-1.
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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.
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