Objectives and Applications
Earth observation, studies the structure and dynamics of the Earth’s surface, atmosphere, ionosphere and geomagnetic field.
Full Name
Satellite de Aplicaciones Cientifico-C
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
21 Nov 2000
Mission Links
EOL Date
13 Aug 2013
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 #
International Designator
DCS (SAC-C) - Data Collection System |
| GOLPE - GPS Occultation and Passive reflection Experiment |
HRTC - High Resolution Panchromatic Camera  |
| HSTC - High Sensitivity Technological Camera |
| ICARE - Influence of Space Radiation on Advanced Components |
| INES - Italian Navigation Experiment |
| IST - Italian Star Tracker |
| MMP - Magnetic Mapping Payload |
| MMRS - Multispectral Medium Resolution Scanner |
| WTE - Whale Tracker Experiment |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | MMRS |
| Atmospheric Humidity Fields | GOLPE |
| Radiation budget | ICARE |
| Atmospheric Temperature Fields | GOLPE |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | GOLPE, MMP |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | MMRS |
| Vegetation | HRTC, MMRS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (land) | HRTC, HSTC, MMRS |
| Ocean | Ocean colour/biology | MMRS |
| Multi-purpose imagery (ocean) | MMRS |
| Snow & Ice | Snow cover, edge and depth | HRTC, HSTC |