OPAL (Atmospheric) Mission

Objectives and Applications

The OPAL mission is designed to understand the thermospheric temperature signals of the dynamic solar, geomagnetic, and internal atmospheric forcing. This mission can be addressed by remote sensing of the altitude temperature from the atmospheric limb from a mid- to high-inclination orbit (>50º), thus providing daytime observations of the mid- and low-latitudes.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Oxygen Photometry of the Atmospheric Limb
Mission Status
Cancelled
Mission Agencies
USU
Launch Date
01 Sep 2016
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EOL Date
02 Sep 2016
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Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
Orbit Inclination
51.6 deg
Orbit Altitude
370 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
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