Objectives and Applications
Agriculture and forestry, hydrology, environmental monitoring, hydrometeorology, ice and snow, land surface, meteorology.
Full Name
Resource satellite second series
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
01 Jan 1996
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Jan 1998
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
TBD
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
670 km
Orbit Longitude
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
MIVZA-M - Microwave scanning radiometer |
| MSU-E1 - Multispectral high resolution electronic scanner |
| MSU-SK - Multispectral medium resolution conical scanner |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | MIVZA-M |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MIVZA-M |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MIVZA-M |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | MSU-SK |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | MSU-SK |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | MIVZA-M |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MIVZA-M |
| Sea ice cover, edge and thickness | MIVZA-M |
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