Objectives and Applications
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)
Full Name
EUMETSAT Polar System - Aeolus
aka Aeolus-2
Mission Status
Considered
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
2034
Mission Links
EOL Date
2044
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
92.3 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
395 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
18:00
Repeat Cycle
28 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
ALADIN-2 - Atmospheric Laser Doppler Instrument - 2 |
| RO - RO |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | ALADIN-2 |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | RO |
| Atmospheric Winds | ALADIN-2 |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | ALADIN-2 |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | ALADIN-2 |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | RO |
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