DMSP F-13 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - DMSP F-13 -

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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