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.
Full Name
Atmosphere Observing System - Sky
aka AOS-Polar, Atmosphere Observing System-Polar (AOS-P)
Mission Status
Considered
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
TBD
Mission Links
EOL Date
TBD
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
AOS-Sky Lidar - Atmosphere Observing System-Sky lidar |
| AOS-Sky Microwave Radiometer - Atmosphere Observing System-Sky Microwave Radiometer |
| AOS-Sky Polarimeter - Atmosphere Observing System-Sky Polarimeter |
| AOS-Sky Radar - Atmosphere Observing System-Sky Radar |
| TICFIRE - Thin Ice Clouds in Far Infrared (IR) Experiment |
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