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CEOS EO HANDBOOK – MISSION SUMMARY
- DMSP F-18
-
Full Name
Defense Meteorological Satellite Program F-18
Status
Operational (extended)
Mission Agencies
NOAA
, USAF
Launch Date
18 Oct 2009
Mission Links
mission site
EOL Date
Dec 2025
EO Portal Info
NORAD Catalog #
35951
(
TLE
)
International Designator
2009-057A
Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
101 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98.7 deg
Orbit Altitude
850 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
17:31
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.
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
,
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
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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