AOS-Sky Satellite Mission Summary

AOS-Sky Mission

Identifieraos-skyNamesAtmosphere Observing System - SkyAOS-SkyAliasesaos-polaratmosphere-observing-system-polar-aos-p About identifiers

Objectives and Applications

3-year nominal mission life, 5-year goal. Study of aerosol-cloud-precipitation interactions, storm dynamics, energy and water cycles. The mission comprises a spacecraft with Doppler radar, microwave radiometer, backscatter Lidar, Polarimeter, and Far-Infrared imaging radiometer instruments.

Mission Summary

Full Name

Atmosphere Observing System - Sky
aka AOS-Polar, Atmosphere Observing System-Polar (AOS-P)

Mission Status

Cancelled

Mission Agencies

NASA, CSA, ECCC, UQAM, USask

Launch Date

TBD

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

TBD

EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

TBD

Orbit Inclination

97.2 deg

Orbit Altitude

450 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

13:30

Repeat Cycle

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Mission Instruments

AOS-Sky Lidar - Atmosphere Observing System-Sky lidar aos-sky_aos-sky-lidar

AOS-Sky Microwave Radiometer - Atmosphere Observing System-Sky Microwave Radiometer aos-sky_aos-sky-microwave-radiometer

AOS-Sky Polarimeter - Atmosphere Observing System-Sky Polarimeter aos-sky_aos-sky-polarimeter

AOS-Sky Radar - Atmosphere Observing System-Sky Radar aos-sky_aos-sky-radar

Mission Measurements

OpenSearch Datasets

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