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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - CHAMP -
Full Name Challenging Mini-Satellite Payload for Geophysical Research and Application Status Mission complete
Mission Agencies DLR Launch Date 15 Jul 2000
Mission Links mission site EOL Date 19 Sep 2010
EO Portal Info NORAD Catalog # 26405 (TLE)
International Designator 2000-039B
Orbit Type Inclined, non-sun-synchronous Orbit Period
Orbit Sense N/A Orbit Inclination 87 deg
Orbit Altitude 315 km Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST Repeat Cycle
Objectives and Applications Gravity field, precise geoid, magnetic field, atmospheric physics.
Mission Measurements
CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric Humidity Fields CHAMP GPS Sounder
Atmospheric Temperature Fields CHAMP GPS Sounder
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements CHAMP Gravity Package (Accelerometer+GPS), CHAMP Magnetometry Package (1 Scalar + 2 Vector Magnetometer)
Mission Instruments
CHAMP GPS Sounder - GPS TurboRogue Space Receiver (TRSR)
CHAMP Gravity Package (Accelerometer+GPS) - STAR Accelerometer
CHAMP Magnetometry Package (1 Scalar + 2 Vector Magnetometer) - Overhauser Magnetometer and Fluxgate Magnetometer
OpenSearch Datasets Selected IDN OpenSearch Results (search all 25 )
CDDIS_GNSS_satellite_data
CDDIS_SLR_predictions
CHAMP atmospheric path delay
CHAMP Global Earth Gravity Field Model
CHAMP occultation table
CHAMP Postprocessed Science Orbit
CHAMP profiles of vertical atmospheric parameter
CHAMP Rapid Science Orbit
CHAMP Scalar Magnetometer
CHAMP Ultra Rapid Science Orbit

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