SAC-C Mission

Identifiersac-cNamesSatellite de Aplicaciones Cientifico-CSAC-C About identifiers
SeriesSACsac

Objectives and Applications

Earth observation, studies the structure and dynamics of the Earth’s surface, atmosphere, ionosphere and geomagnetic field.

Mission Summary

Full Name
Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientifico-C
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
CONAE
Launch Date
21 Nov 2000
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
13 Aug 2013
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
98 minutes
Orbit Sense
Descending
Orbit Inclination
98.2 deg
Orbit Altitude
705 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:25
Repeat Cycle
9 days
NORAD Catalog #
26620
International Designator
2000-075B

Mission Instruments

DCS (SAC-C) - Data Collection System sac-c_dcs-sac-c
GOLPE - GPS Occultation and Passive reflection Experiment sac-c_golpe
HRTC - High Resolution Panchromatic Camera sac-c_hrtc
HSTC - High Sensitivity Technological Camera sac-c_hstc
ICARE - Influence of Space Radiation on Advanced Components sac-c_icare
INES - Italian Navigation Experiment sac-c_ines
IST - Italian Star Tracker sac-c_ist
MMP - Magnetic Mapping Payload sac-c_mmp
MMRS - Multispectral Medium Resolution Scanner sac-c_mmrs
WTE - Whale Tracker Experiment sac-c_wte

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAerosols MMRS
Atmospheric Humidity Fields GOLPE
Radiation budget ICARE
Atmospheric Temperature Fields GOLPE
Gravity and Magnetic FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements GOLPE, MMP
LandAlbedo and reflectance MMRS
Vegetation HRTC, MMRS
Multi-purpose imagery (land) HRTC, HSTC, MMRS
OceanOcean colour/biology MMRS
Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) MMRS
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth HRTC, HSTC
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