Objectives and Applications
Hydrometeorology, heliogeophysics, climatology, cloud information.
Full Name
Geostationary Operational Meteorological Satellite
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
20 Jan 2011
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 May 2017
Orbit Type
Geostationary
Orbit Period
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
36000 km
Orbit Longitude
14.5 deg
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
DCS - Data Collection System |
| GGAK-E - Module for Geophysical Measurements |
| MSU-GS - Multispectral scanning imager-radiometer |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | MSU-GS |
| Atmospheric Winds | MSU-GS |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | MSU-GS |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | MSU-GS |
| Ozone | MSU-GS |
| Radiation budget | MSU-GS |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | MSU-GS |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | GGAK-E |
| Land | Vegetation | MSU-GS |
| Surface temperature (land) | MSU-GS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | MSU-GS |
| Ocean | Surface temperature (ocean) | MSU-GS |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | MSU-GS |
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