FORTE Mission

Objectives and Applications

The prime objective is the measurement of electromagnetic pulses (EMP), primarily due to lightning, within a noise environment dominated by continuous wave (CW) carriers, such as TV and FM stations. FORTE also conducts ionospheric physics experiments.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Fast On-Orbit Recording of Transient Events
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
LANL
Launch Date
29 Aug 1997
Mission Links
EOL Date
29 Aug 2000
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Orbit Period
100 minutes
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
70 deg
Orbit Altitude
815 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

Mission Instruments

Mission Measurements

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