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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- DMSP F-13
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Full Name
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-13
Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NOAA
Launch Date
24 Mar 1995
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
03 Feb 2015
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
23533
(
TLE
)
International Designator
1995-015A
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.7 deg
Orbit Altitude
833 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
18:12
Repeat Cycle
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).
Mission Measurements
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
Gravity and Magnetic Fields
Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements
SSI/ES-2
,
SSJ/4
,
SSM
Land
Soil moisture
SSM/I
Ocean
Ocean surface winds
SSM/I
Snow & Ice
Snow cover, edge and depth
OLS
,
SSM/I
Mission Instruments
OLS - Operational Linescan System
SSI/ES-2 - Special Sensor Ionospheric Plasma Drift/Scintillation Meter
SSJ/4 - Special Sensor Precipitating Plasma Monitor
SSM - Special Sensor Magnetometer
SSM/I - Special Sensor Microwave Imager
SSM/T-1 - Special Sensor Microwave Temperature Sounder
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