CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- ARCADE
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Full Name
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Atmospheric Coupling and Dynamics Explorer
aka INSPIRESat-4
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Status
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Operational (nominal)
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Mission Agencies
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NTU
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Launch Date
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30 Jul 2023
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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Dec 2024
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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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Inclined, non-sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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TBD
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Orbit Inclination
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Orbit Altitude
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550 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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ARCADE is a 27U spacecraft (30x30x30 cm) carrying an ionospheric plasma payload which will make ion temperature, velocity, density and electron temperature measurements. The ARCADE mission provides an opportunity to study the equatorial ionosphere at low altitudes where the ion and electron density are much higher. One of the unique features of the mission is to fly an electric propulsion system to progressively lower the altitude from an initial 530 km to 350 km to fly and image the Earth from Very Low Earth Orbit (VLEO).
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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