CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- DMSP F-14
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Full Name
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Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-14
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Status
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Mission complete
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Mission Agencies
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NOAA, USAF
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Launch Date
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04 Apr 1997
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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01 Feb 2020
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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24753 (TLE)
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International Designator
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1997-012A
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Orbit Type
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Sun-synchronous
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Orbit Period
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101 minutes
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Orbit Sense
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Ascending
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Orbit Inclination
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98.7 deg
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Orbit Altitude
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833 km
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Orbit Longitude
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Orbit LST
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20:29
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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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. Tactical use only; on-board tape recorders failed; special sensor microwave instrument no longer operational; no longer provides global data.
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Mission Measurements
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Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
Atmosphere | Atmospheric Humidity Fields | SSM/I, SSM/T-2 |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | OLS |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | SSM/I, SSM/T-1, SSM/T-2 |
| Liquid water and precipitation rate | SSM/I, SSM/T-2 |
| 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 |
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
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