CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- NMP EO-3 GIFTS
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Full Name
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New Millenium Program EO-3 - Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer - (GIFTS)
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Status
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Cancelled
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Mission Agencies
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NASA
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Launch Date
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01 Oct 2006
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Mission Links
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mission site
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EOL Date
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01 Oct 2008
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EO Portal Info
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NORAD Catalog #
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International Designator
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Orbit Type
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Geostationary
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Orbit Period
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Orbit Sense
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N/A
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Orbit Inclination
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Orbit Altitude
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36000 km
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Orbit Longitude
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-83 deg
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Orbit LST
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Repeat Cycle
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Objectives and Applications
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Continuous observation of atmospheric temperature, water vapour content and distribution, and the concentration of certain other atmospheric gases as a function of altitude over time - providing a new way to observe weather and the changing atmosphere.
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Mission Measurements
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Mission Instruments
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OpenSearch Datasets
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No IDN OpenSearch datasets found.
No FedEO OpenSearch datasets found.
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