Objectives and Applications
Measure a combination of solar phenomena and earth science measurements. Provides 15 min warning for solar storms (CME) events. Provides full disk Earth observations at 10 wavelengths with 2-4 hour cadence. This mission is positioned at the Earth-Sun L-1 point.
Full Name
Deep Space Climate Observatory
aka Triana
Mission Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
11 Feb 2015
Mission Links
EOL Date
Dec 2027
Orbit Type
Earth-Sun L-1
Orbit Period
259200 minutes
Orbit Sense
N/A
Orbit Inclination
Orbit Altitude
1500000 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
Repeat Cycle
1 days
NORAD Catalog #
International Designator
EPIC - Earth Polychromatic Imaging Camera |
| ES - Electron Spectrometer |
| FC - Faraday Cup |
| NISTAR - NIST Advanced Radiometer |
| PHA - Pulse Height Analyzer |
| PlasMag - Plasma-Magnetometer |
| Category | Parameter | Instrument(s) |
| Atmosphere | Aerosols | EPIC |
| Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature | EPIC |
| Cloud particle properties and profile | EPIC |
| Ozone | EPIC |
| Radiation budget | NISTAR |
| Trace gases (excluding ozone) | EPIC |
| Gravity and Magnetic Fields | Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements | PlasMag |
| Land | Albedo and reflectance | EPIC |
| Vegetation | EPIC |