DMSP F-15 Mission

Objectives and Applications

The long-term meteorological programme of the US Department of Defense (DoD) - with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide cloud cover data on a daily basis. (Primary operational satellite).

Mission Summary

Full Name
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-15
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
NOAA, USAF
Launch Date
12 Dec 1999
Mission Links
EOL Date
07 Jul 2019
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Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.9 deg
Orbit Altitude
833 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
20:29
Repeat Cycle
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator

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
SSM/T-2 - Special Sensor Microwave Water Vapor Sounder

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
AtmosphereAtmospheric 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 FieldsGravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements SSI/ES-2, SSJ/4, SSM
LandSoil moisture SSM/I
OceanOcean surface winds SSM/I
Snow & IceSnow cover, edge and depth OLS, SSM/I

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