CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- EPS-Aeolus
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Full Name
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EUMETSAT Polar System - Aeolus
aka Aeolus-2
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Status
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Considered
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Mission Agencies
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EUMETSAT , ESA
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Launch Date
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2034
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Mission Links
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EOL Date
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2044
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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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92.3 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Ascending
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Orbit Inclination
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Orbit Altitude
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395 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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18:00
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Repeat Cycle
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28 days
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Objectives and Applications
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Aeolus-2 will provide global wind profile measurements for Numerical Weather Prediction using backscattered UV laser light to measure Doppler shifts. It will also provide atmospheric aerosol profiles.
In addition, Radio Occultation profiles will be obtained to determine atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles using Galileo, GPS and Beidou.
LST is 18:00 (on an Ascending Node) ad at 06:00 (for a dawn-dusk orbit)
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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