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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
MADRAS - Microwave Analysis and Detection of Rain and Atmospheric Structures
ROSA - Radio Occultation Sensor for Atmosphere
SAPHIR - Sondeur Atmospherique du Profil'd’Humidite Intertropicale par Radiometrie
ScaRaB - Scanner for Earth's Radiation Budget
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