THE CEOS DATABASE : MISSION, INSTRUMENTS AND MEASUREMENTS

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - MEGHA-TROPIQUES -

Full Name

Megha-Tropiques

Status

Mission complete

Mission Agencies

CNES , ISRO

Launch Date

12 Oct 2011

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

15 Dec 2021

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

37838 (TLE)

International Designator

2011-058A

Orbit Type

Inclined, non-sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

102.16 minutes

Orbit Sense

Ascending

Orbit Inclination

20 deg

Orbit Altitude

867 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

Study of the inter-tropical zone and its convective systems (water and energy cycles).

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	SAPHIR
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	MADRAS, ScaRaB
	Cloud particle properties and profile	MADRAS
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	MADRAS
	Radiation budget	ScaRaB
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	ROSA
Ocean	Ocean surface winds	MADRAS

Mission Instruments

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