NPOESS-1 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - NPOESS-1 -

Full Name

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System - 1

Status

Cancelled

Mission Agencies

NOAA

Launch Date

31 Jan 2013

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

01 Jan 2020

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

101 minutes

Orbit Sense

Ascending

Orbit Inclination

98.75 deg

Orbit Altitude

824 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

13:30

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

Meteorological, climatic, terrestrial, oceanographic, and solar-geophysical applications; global and regional environmental monitoring, search and rescue, data collection.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	OMPS, VIIRS
	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	ATMS, CrIS
	Atmospheric Winds	VIIRS
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	VIIRS
	Cloud particle properties and profile	ATMS, VIIRS
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	ATMS
	Ozone	OMPS
	Radiation budget	CERES, TSIS-1/SIM, VIIRS
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	CrIS
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	ATMS, CrIS, VIIRS
Gravity and Magnetic Fields	Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements	SEM-N
Land	Albedo and reflectance	VIIRS
	Soil moisture	VIIRS
	Vegetation	VIIRS
	Surface temperature (land)	ATMS, VIIRS
	Multi-purpose imagery (land)	VIIRS
Ocean	Ocean colour/biology	VIIRS
	Ocean surface winds	ATMS
	Surface temperature (ocean)	VIIRS
	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	VIIRS
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	VIIRS
	Sea ice cover, edge and thickness	ATMS, VIIRS

Mission Instruments

A-DCS4 - A-DCS4

ATMS - Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder

CERES - Cloud and the Earth's Radiant Energy System

CrIS - Cross-track Infrared Sounder

OMPS - Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite

SARSAT - Search and Rescue Satellite Aided Tracking

SEM-N - Space Environment Monitor - NPOESS

TSIS-1/SIM - Total Solar and Spectral Irradiance Sensor 1 - Spectral Irradiance Monitor

VIIRS - Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite

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