Objectives and Applications
The long-term meteorological programme of the US Department of Defense (DoD) - with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide atmospheric, oceanographic, solar-geophysical, and cloud cover data on a daily basis. (Primary operational satellite).
Full Name
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-8
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
20 Jun 1987
Mission Links
EOL Date
01 Oct 2006
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.7 deg
Orbit Altitude
830 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
5:55
Repeat Cycle
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International Designator
OLS - Operational Linescan System |
SSB/X - Special Sensor Gamma Ray Particle Detector |
SSM/I - Special Sensor Microwave Imager |
| SSM/T-1 - Special Sensor Microwave Temperature Sounder |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | SSM/I |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | OLS |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | SSM/I, SSM/T-1 |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | SSM/I |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | OLS, SSM/T-1 |
| Land | Soil moisture | SSM/I |
| Ocean | Ocean surface winds | SSM/I |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | OLS, SSM/I |
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