DMSP F-16 Satellite Mission Summary

CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY - DMSP F-16 -

Full Name

Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-16

Status

Operational (extended)

Mission Agencies

NOAA , USAF

Launch Date

18 Oct 2003

Mission Links

mission site |

EOL Date

TBD

EO Portal Info

NORAD Catalog #

28054 (TLE)

International Designator

2003-048A

Orbit Type

Sun-synchronous

Orbit Period

101 minutes

Orbit Sense

Ascending

Orbit Inclination

98.9 deg

Orbit Altitude

833 km

Orbit Longitude

Orbit LST

21:32

Repeat Cycle

Objectives and Applications

The long-term meteorological programme of the US Department of Defense (DoD) - with the objective to collect and disseminate worldwide cloud cover data on a daily basis. The mission is now operational past the design life.

Mission Measurements

Category	Parameter	Instrument(s)
Atmosphere	Atmospheric Humidity Fields	SSM/IS
	Cloud type, amount and cloud top temperature	OLS
	Liquid water and precipitation rate	SSM/IS
	Atmospheric Temperature Fields	OLS, SSM/IS
Gravity and Magnetic Fields	Gravity, Magnetic and Geodynamic measurements	SSI/ES-3, SSJ/5, SSM, SSULI, SSUSI
Land	Soil moisture	SSM/IS
Snow & Ice	Snow cover, edge and depth	OLS, SSM/IS

Mission Instruments

OLS - Operational Linescan System

SSI/ES-3 - Special Sensor Ionospheric Plasma Drift/Scintillation Meter

SSJ/5 - Special Sensor Precipitating Plasma Monitor

SSM - Special Sensor Magnetometer

SSM/IS - Special Sensor Microwave Imager Sounder

SSULI - Special Sensor Ultraviolet Limb Imager

SSUSI - Special Sensor Ultraviolet Spectrographic Imager

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