NMP EO-3 GIFTS Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - NMP EO-3 GIFTS -

Full Name

New Millenium Program EO-3 - Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer - (GIFTS)

Status

Cancelled

Mission Agencies

NASA

Launch Date

01 Oct 2006

Mission Links

mission site

EOL Date

01 Oct 2008

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

International Designator

Orbit Type

Geostationary

Orbit Period

Orbit Sense

N/A

Orbit Inclination

Orbit Altitude

36000 km

Orbit Longitude

-83 deg

Orbit LST

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

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.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Aerosols	GIFTS
	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	GIFTS
	Atmospheric Winds	GIFTS
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	GIFTS
	Cloud particle properties and profile	GIFTS
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	GIFTS
	Ozone	GIFTS
	Radiation budget	GIFTS
	Trace gases (excluding ozone)	GIFTS
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	GIFTS
Land	Surface temperature (land)	GIFTS
Ocean	Surface temperature (ocean)	GIFTS
	Multi-purpose imagery (ocean)	GIFTS

Mission Instruments

GIFTS - Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer

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